• Sex Slave Trafficking In Cleveland's Suburbs [Ohio]: The group [Cleveland's Imagine Foundation] has
released a report claiming that sex trafficking appears to be flourishing in several suburbs. Executive
director Jesse Bach says his organization has studied advertisements placed in Cleveland.Backpage.com, a
classified website similar to Craigslist. Bach tells Newsradio WTAM 1100 that Cleveland.Backpage.com is
profiting from an illicit commercial sex activity and at most may be a vessel for human trafficking to take
place. Bach contends some of the most wealthy and influential Northeastern Ohio suburbs are involved
with an inordinate amount of commercial sex advertisements that may meet the criteria for human
trafficking. Bach lists the following areas of concern: [t]he Hotels/Motels surrounding Cleveland Hopkins
airport; [t]he Hotels/Motels surrounding the intersection of I-77 and I-480 in Independence; [t]he
Hotels/Motels surrounding the intersection of I-271 and Chagrin in Beachwood; [t]he Hotels/Motels
surrounding the off ramps of I-271 and I-90 in Mentor, Euclid and Willoughby. [HSEC-3.6; Date: 2 October
2011; Source: http://www.wtam.com/cc-
common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=122520&article=9192198]
• Man Arrested For Human Trafficking [New Mexico]: An Albuquerque man was arrested after he tried to
sell a minor to an undercover agent. Kendel Merrell is behind bars after he tried to sell a 17-year-old girl for
$3,000 at a, "human trafficking party," the Albuquerque Police Department said. Police said Merrell
"groomed," the teen for prostitution but she was able to break away and call for help. The woman's mother
called police after her daughter telephoned her panicked and distressed. … KOB Eyewitness News 4 talked
to a sergeant who worked on the case. … The trouble started on Facebook. Merrell, 22, added the 17-year-
old to his list of friends. [HSEC-3.10; Date: 2 October 2011; Source:
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/S2310265.shtml?cat=500]
• Anti-Human Smuggling Program Deters Mexicans From Repeatedly Crossing into U.S. [Arizona,
California, Texas]: Before, Mexicans caught by U.S. Border Patrol illegally crossing into Arizona, California
or Texas are deported back in the same spot where they were caught. Nevertheless, the illegal immigrants
kept coming back with the help of the same human smugglers who previously brought them to these
borders. Today, the propensity of Mexicans to re-cross the border as soon as they are deported has been
shattered with a strategy to break the immigration pattern and break the ties between human smugglers and
Mexican migrants. And U.S. immigration authorities claim the so-called Alien Transfer and Exit Program
(ATEP), which deport caught illegal immigrants to a different border exit, has discouraged Mexicans from
crossing back to U.S. territory. Under the ATEP, Mexican immigrants caught in California are transported to
either Arizona or Texas border cities, where they are led out of the country. Those caught in Arizona or
Texas are brought to California, where they are deported. [HSEC-3.6; Date: 30 September 2011; Source:
http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/222335/20110930/mexican-immigrants-alien-transfer-and-exit-program-illegal-
immigrants-u-s-border-patrol-mexico-u-s-b.htm]
• Police Warn Parents About Human Trafficking [Nevada]: The image of a prostitute is a woman walking
the streets looking to be picked up. Metro Police say that is not the reality. They say children are the new
victims of sex trafficking in Las Vegas. "They make promises to women, young girls, about how 'I'll take
care of you, I love you. We'll live together. We'll make millions of dollars. We'll buy a small house in
Kentucky when this is over and we'll raise our family,'" said detective Chris Baughman with Metro vice.
Police say pimps look everywhere for girls as young as 12 to prey upon. "They are actively walking through
the malls, they are at the movie theaters, they are driving past the high schools, they are looking for the next
young lady to charm with all of their smiles and wealth and seeming success to suck into this industry,"
Baughman said. Vice detectives say the sex trade is not just pimps anymore. Gang members are getting
into the industry, often bringing their violent past with them. [HSEC-3.6; Date: 30 September 2011; Source:
http://www.8newsnow.com/story/15591530/police-warn-parents-about-human-trafficking]
INTERNATIONAL:
• 6 Human Trafficking Victims Rescued In Tawi Tawi [Philippines]: Joint police and social welfare
operatives rescued six victims of human trafficking here Saturday who were about to be transported to
Malaysia, a ranking police officials said. Police Inspector Jeseryl Dela Cruz of Tawi-Tawi Police Office said
the victims were intercepted on board wooden banca Kerstin 2 from Zamboanga City, and were about to be
transferred to a speed boat to their final destination in Malaysia. The victims, whose identities have been
withheld, came from different places in Mindanao and were pooled by their recruiters in Zamboanga City.
They were now under the custody of the regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and
Development. [HSEC-3.10; Date: 2 October 2011; Source:
http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationsubcategoryid=200&articleid=733209]
• 136, Including Eight M'sians, Rescued From Human Traffickers [Malaysia]: A total of 136 people,
including eight Malaysians, were rescued in 53 human trafficking cases between January and August this
year. Home Ministry secretary-general Tan Sri Mahmood Adam said the victims were 71 men, 40 women,
15 girls and 10 boys. The highest number of victims rescued were from Myanmar (41) followed by
Pakistanis (31), Indonesians (27), Indians (10), Malaysians (eight), Filipinos (four), Thais (three),
Vietnamese and Cambodians (two each) and Chinese (one), he said in a statement. He said the police,
Immigration Department and Labor Department, made the arrests. Fifty-five Malaysians traffickers were
nabbed, followed by Myanmar (five), Indonesians (four), Chinese (two), and Thai and Indian (one each). Of
the 53 cases, 24 involved sexual exploitation, forced labor (19), baby for sale racket (seven) and visa
exploitations (three). [HSEC-3.6; Date: 30 September 2011; Source:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/9/30/nation/20110930090045&sec=nation]
• Rawalpindi: Suspected Human Smuggler Held [Pakistan]: The Federal Investigation Agency`s anti-
human smuggling wing arrested a travel agent on the charge of smuggling unemployed youth to European
countries via Turkey. A hunt for another suspected human smuggler has also been launched, the
authorities said. The arrest of Abdul Quyyum alias Jilli and the manhunt for Raja Abdul Shakoor of Mirpur
(AJK) came about after four Pakistani illegal immigrants deported by Turkey arrived here on a Turkish
Airlines flight. A senior official of the immigration department said the four, who also belonged to Mirpur,
were handed over to the FIA`s passport cell for investigation. [HSEC-3.10; Date: 30 September 2011;
Source: http://pakistancriminalrecords.com/2011/09/30/rawalpindi-suspected-human-smuggler-
held/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PakistanCriminalRecords+
%28Pakistan+Criminal+Records%29]
• Two Scots Jailed Over UK Sex Trafficking Offenses [United Kingdom]: A man and woman from
Scotland have been jailed for a total of almost five years for trafficking men and women into prostitution
across the UK. Stephen Craig, 34, and Sarah Beukan, 22, admitted moving 14 men and women to
addresses in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and Newcastle. Craig and Beukan were the first to be
prosecuted in Scotland under new laws dealing with people trafficking. They were caught after brothels
were raided and trafficking victims rescued. [HSEC-3.10; Date: 3 October 2011; Source:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-15150364]
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