When you’re booking a hotel, what amenities stand out to you? A pool? A non-smoking room? A king sized bed? A gym? Personally, I’m a sucker for free breakfast. Gets me every time. I recently came across a hotel website that advertises the following amenities: 24-hour service Text message booking Secluded parking lot Anonymous check-in […]
In April of 2008, an abandoned storage container containing 121 workers from Burma – 54 of them dead – was found in Thailand. This real-life incident served as inspiration for part of the backstory of She Has A Name, a new feature film about human trafficking. Written and produced by Andrew Kooman, She Has A Name is […]
Branding is big business in the human trafficking world. Pimps often tattoo their name, a sexual reference, or a money symbol (like a bar code or dollar sign) on a trafficking victim’s body as a way to exert their dominance and control. It’s something trafficking survivor Jennifer Kempton knew all to well. She was branded as […]
Do you have a heart for women in the sex industry? Do you want to get trained for outreach? Treasures, founded by Harmony Dust Grillo, a former stripper, is one of the world’s leading sex industry outreach and care training organizations. We met Harmony when we interviewed her for Red Light Green Light, a documentary on prostitution […]
Germany, dubbed by some as Europe’s biggest brothel, has been having some issues with its mega-brothels in recent months. On April 13, over 900 police, tax, and customs investigators raided Berlin’s biggest sex club, Artemis. The club is allegedly connected with the Hells Angels biker gang, whose members are accused of recruiting women to work in […]
“Here, you can go through these as well,” my mom said as she handed me a rubbermaid container. A few months ago, I took on the task of sorting through my old childhood memories. I’d just found my old stuffed animals and was about to move onto the Polly Pockets when my mom placed the […]
The day is finally here – Red Light Green Light is now available for purchase! Since we’re total newbies at this distribution thing, it’s taken us a long time to sort out the logistics, but we’re happy to announce that you can now buy the film via VHX, iTunes, and Amazon. The last 3 years […]
I recently came across a news story about a group of 1,100 nuns who are helping trafficking victims in a very unique way. They’re dressing up as prostitutes and discreetly infiltrating brothels, in search of victims who need help. They’re also working alongside labourers in other sectors, for as little as 2 cents US a day, […]
What is the string of events that lands someone in a trafficking situation? It usually starts with one setback, which launches a snowball effect that destroys everything in its wake. There are a few things that we can learn from this tragic story. First of all, it’s important to note that healthy community acts as a […]
India and Saudi Arabia are dealing with a diplomatic dilemma. A woman who had been hired as a domestic helper for a Saudi family living in India ran away within her first week of work, reporting to an anti-trafficking organization that she had not been treated well and suspected that the other domestic helpers in the […]
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