PHILIPPINES: Younger Prey in the World’s Oldest Trade

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Stella A. Estremera* DAVAO CITY, Philippines , Nov 9  (IPS)  – At 14, Ann is too young to be worrying about getting pregnant or acquiring AIDS. That is why she uses a condom whenever she has a customer. She has become so good at it that the latter ”does [...]


MALAYSIA: Blacklisted For Not Enforcing Trafficking Laws

Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS By Baradan Kuppusamy KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 24 (IPS) – After years of lobbying by rights activists and the international community, Malaysia passed an effective and comprehensive law in 2007 against human trafficking with provisions for protection, shelter and return of trafficked person to their home countries. That law earned [...]