The Los Angeles Times has a report on sex slaves being held in bases in Zimbabwe.
From the LA Times:
She has to call the young men her “comrades.” She cooks food for the comrades and serves them. She sweeps the comrades’ floor and cleans up after them.
And whenever any of the comrades want sex, she is [...]

Victims of the Burma Cyclone have been saved by authorities as they were being smuggled into neighboring countries.
From the Associate Press (Via Google News):
More than 80 women and children who were victims of Myanmar’s recent cyclone have been rescued from human traffickers scheming to smuggle them to neighboring countries, a media report said Thursday.
Border police [...]

British-born teenagers are increasingly becoming victims of human trafficking in the United Kingdom. 
From the Guardian:
Teenage girls born in Britain are being trafficked for sexual exploitation within the UK, police said yesterday, adding that children are being “groomed” by men acting as boyfriends who carry out the abuse and then take the youngsters to other towns [...]

Gunman in Somalia kidnapped 5 people in another act that shows the growing trade of kidnapping in the country.
From Reuters:
Kidnapping is lucrative business in Somalia, with hostages generally treated well in anticipation of a large ransom.
But the attacks are hampering the operations of aid agencies at a time when U.N. officials say Somalia ranks as [...]

More and more women are entering the United States to work as the recent crackdown on border crossings makes it harder for men to return to Mexico.
From the Houston Chronicle:
In recent years the familiar image of the undocumented worker has been men huddled at day labor sites or male factory workers at meat processing plants. [...]

The New Republic has an article listing 6 reasons why the border fence being created between the US and Mexico won’t work.
Among the reasons:
It doesn’t work. Most experts say that physical fencing would not drastically decrease the number of illegal immigrants entering the country. The Pew Hispanic Center estimates that as much as 40-50 percent [...]

The Houston Chronicle has an article on the recent raid in Houston where 120 women were rescued from dismal conditions. 
Read the entire article here.

The border fence between the United States and Mexico will now be able to proceed after the United States Supreme Court declined to hear a case regarding the waiver of environmental impact studies.
From the LA Times:
Three years ago, Congress gave Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff an unusual power to “waive all legal requirements” that could [...]

Law enforcement agents across the European continent have arrested 75 people in what is being called the largest raid against a human smuggling ring.
From the AFP:
Hundreds of police arrested 75 people across Europe Monday in a massive crackdown on a racket that brought illegal immigrants from Asia to Britain and Scandinavia, policing agency Europol said.
About [...]

Truckers who smuggle people, illegal drugs, or other contraband products will lose their commercial trucking license in the state of Texas.
From the Houston Chronicle:
Truckers who smuggle drugs or people into the U.S. are now risking not only prison time but also the loss of their commercial driver’s licenses as Texas uses a longstanding law in [...]