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A report released by the United States General Accountability Office (GAO) states that it found 42 confirmed cases of abuse committed by Foreign diplomats who were protected by diplomatic immunity.
From the Results in Brief:
We identified 42 distinct A-3 and G-5 visa holders who alleged that they were abused by foreign diplomats with some level of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

5 teenage girls between the ages of 16 and 17in Canada were found to have been selling sex on the free classified website Craigslist, thus raising concerns about the spread of child prostitution on the Internet.
From canada.com:
Child prostitution in Vancouver has largely shifted from the streets to the Internet, Houghton said.
“It’s moved successfully inside for [...]

Girls between the ages of 12 to 17 are being trafficked in Nigeria to work as domestic help.
From the AFP:
The trafficking of teenage girls from poor villages to northern Nigerian cities to work as domestic help for meagre wages is on the rise, officials said at the weekend.
“The business of recruiting teenagers as domestic help [...]