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· Ryan General
Filipina Helper’s Death in China Sparks Human-Trafficking Investigation
A Filipina domestic helper’s death in Hong Kong is currently under investigation by local authorities as a possible “case of human-trafficking”. Lorain Asuncion fell from the seventh floor of an apartment building in Shenzhen after she was sent there to work by her employers…
· Carl Samson
ICE Agents Let Sex Traffickers Go Free After Getting Hand Jobs From Asian Prostitutes
Agents of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) — a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — reportedly paid “Asian females” for handjobs in undercover operations that sought to combat sex trafficking in Mohave County, Arizona in 2018. Within a five-month period…
· Ryan General
Wisconsin Teacher Accused of Forcing Filipina Mom and Son into Slavery
A Filipina woman and her son ended up becoming personal servants for an American man who lured them to come to the U.S. with promises of a better life. The unidentified woman met 46-year-old high school teacher Christian Mothershead on a dating site, called AsianDating.com, back…
· Ryan General
‘Australia’s Worst Pedophile’ Gets Life Sentence in the Philippines for Raping Infant, Child Sex Trafficking
Australian Peter Gerard Scully, known as “Australia’s worst pedophile,” has recently been found guilty of raping and abusing young children in the Philippines and uploading videos of the abuse online for his clients in Europe via the dark web. The 55-year-old…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Arizona Dad Accused of Human Trafficking by Southwest Airlines Because Adopted Daughter is Asian
An Arizona father and daughter disembarked from their flight home after visiting grandparents in Florida, only to be met by police officers who wrongfully accused the man of human trafficking. According to ABC, Brian Smith and his 16-year-old adoptive Chinese daughter,…
· Khier Casino
Two Asian Women Kicked Off Delta Flight After Being Mistaken for Human Trafficking Victims
An Asian American woman from Georgia claims that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers detained her for more than an hour because they thought she was a victim of human trafficking. Stephanie Ung, who was celebrating her 26th birthday, and her friend were on a Delta flight…
· Bryan Ke
Over 80 Children Saved in Sex Traffic Sting Operation With the FBI, Thai and Filipino Officers
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested 120 suspected child sex traffickers in partnership with officers from other Asian countries like Cambodia, Thailand and Philippines as well as Canada and the United Kingdom. In the operation codenamed “Cross Country XI,”…
· Carl Samson
Widow of Indian Man Killed in Kansas Hate Crime Now Faces Deportation
Sunayana Dumala, widowed from the Kansas shooting in February, is now relying on a temporary employment authorization document so she can stay in the U.S. Dumala, whose residency status was tied to her husband, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, was terminated when the latter was killed on…
· Kyle Encina
Thailand is Now Teaching Women to Avoid Human Trafficking in Interracial Marriages
Thailand is now offering classes to help women avoid instances of human trafficking amid a rising number of interracial marriages in the country. In a 2004 government study, it’s reported that about 15,000 women from one of Thailand’s poorest regions married foreign partners as…
· Khier Casino
Two Arrested For Trafficking 16 Chinese Women From China to Work as Prostitutes
Police have arrested Ling Yu in New York and Hang Zheng in Austin, Texas after the two were accused of trafficking at least 16 women from China to the U.S. for prostitution. In September 2016, the McLennan County Sheriff office’s Criminal Investigation Division began looking…
· Ryan General
Asian-run ‘Uber of Sex Trafficking’ Crime Ring Busted in California, Minnesota
A criminal organization, which prosecutors call “the Uber of sex trafficking”, is now facing charges after authorities uncovered its operations in Minnesota and California. It was also discovered that the international human trafficking and prostitution ring operated in 29…
· Ryan General
Mom Forces Teen Daughter to Have Sex With Elderly Man For Money
A Thai mother was charged with human trafficking and procuring an underage girl for prostitution after forcing her own underage daughter to sleep with a much older man in exchange for money. According to local authorities, the victim was 13 years old when the crime was initiated…
· Carl Samson
White Guys Selling TV Show About an Asian Mail Order Bride is Originality at Its Best
NBC has bought the show “Mail Order Family,” a comedy that tells the story of a widowed single father who orders a bride from the Philippines by mail. The show was sold by “Superstore” writer-producer Jackie Clarke, director-executive producer Ruben Fleischer and executive…
· Editorial Staff
There’s a Heartbreaking Reason Why You Should Always Take Photos of Your Hotel Room
Taking photos of the hotel rooms where you stay during your out of town trips may now save lives. A smartphone app developed last year called the TraffickCam lets you contribute to the law enforcement database by uploading images of your hotel room, reported Fox2Now. The…