John Miller, Former US Ambassador at Large for Trafficking, wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times that is highly critical of the US Justice Department.
From the piece in the New York Times:
Should the State Department’s annual report on trafficking, which grades governments on how well they are combating modern slavery, consider whether governments [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 United Nations is urging the international community to assist children living in unstable countries. 
From CNN:
In countries torn by war, like the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Iraq, food shortages and poverty have added to the already hellish conditions children live in. The youngest in unstable countries have become primary targets [...]

The Economist Magazine has a recap on the US State Department Human Trafficking Report.
From the Economist:
Women suffer most in this respect: the report estimates that 80% of victims of international trafficking are women forced into some form of prostitution. Women are involved in trafficking too, though this is less common. In Europe and Central and [...]

Gulf countries has spoken out against the US Trafficking in Persons Report as being political and misinformed.
From AFP (via Google News):
The Arab countries of the Gulf have dismissed as unjustified and political a recent US report which accused the rich countries of not combating human trafficking.
Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), who met [...]

The United States Department of State released the 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report this week.
From CNN:
Slave labor in developing countries such as Brazil, China and India is fueling part of their huge economic growth, according to a State Department report released Wednesday.
The department’s annual “Trafficking in Persons Report” found increased allegations of forced labor made [...]

In an effort to show its commitment to the issue, the United Nations spent all day Tuesday focusing on human trafficking activities. 
From VOA: 
The United Nations estimates that at any given time 2 1/2 million people find themselves in situations that are defined as forced labor or sexual exploitation. Fifty-six percent, 1.4 million, are in Asia [...]

A Human Trafficking expert stated that natural disasters like the cyclone in Burma/Myanmar could lead to orphaned children being trafficked and exploited. 
From the AP (via IHT):
Natural disasters such as the cyclone in Myanmar can put children at risk for abuse and exploitation, a human trafficking expert said Monday.
Eva Biaudet, of the Organization for Security and Cooperation [...]