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Underground Trade: From Bangkok to Boston

Human Trafficking: The Route Through Queens


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Without ever knowing it, you’ve driven the same routes, passed the same landmarks and used the same rest stops as today’s human trafficking networks that operate from New York to New England.


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'Trafficking' or Slavery?


SERIES: TRAFFICKING IN NEW ENGLAND
By WGBH News & The Takeaway
As the U.S. State Department releases its annual report on forced labor, Hillary Clinton and Southeast Asian advocates are saying it's time to call "trafficking" what it really is. WGBH's Phillip Martin reports from Southeast Asia.
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Human Trafficking And The Super Bowl


By Phillip Martin
As sports fans watched the Patriots-Giants Super Bowl in record numbers, Indianapolis police, taxi drivers and private security were keeping a close eye on venues where trafficking might take place.
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Human Trafficking Bill Becomes Law In Mass.


WGBH NEWS: HUMAN TRAFFICKING
By Sarah Birnbaum
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signed a bill on Nov. 21  to crack down on human trafficking in the Bay State. 
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Anti-Human-Trafficking Bill Passes Mass. Senate

By Phillip Martin
The Massachusetts Senate on Thursday passed an historic human trafficking bill that will expand protections for victims and give law enforcement new statutory powers to go after pimps and other predators. WGBH INVESTIGATES: HUMAN TRAFFICKING
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Advocates: Trafficking Bill Should Be Stronger


WGBH INVESTIGATES: HUMAN TRAFFICKING
By Phillip Martin
After several years of slow progress, the Massachusetts legislature is close to passing a bill to outlaw and disrupt human-trafficking. But advocates are using the bill's final weeks on the table to try and make it even stronger.
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Coakley Human Trafficking Bill Garners Lawmaker, Victim Support


WGBH INVESTIGATES: HUMAN TRAFFICKING
By Sarah Birnbaum
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is pressing lawmakers on an initiative to crack down on human trafficking in the Bay State. At a press conference on Tuesday, Coakley said young women forced into prostitution are treated as criminals when they should be treated as victims.
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Human Trafficking in New England: The Series


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By Phillip Martin
In recent years, law enforcement officials in Rhode Island and Massachusetts have reported increases in human trafficking. Here's the 2010 series that won reporter Phillip Martin a Murrow Award.
María Hinojosa: One-On-One

Legendary Activist Dolores Huerta


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An interview with legendary activist Dolores Huerta who co-founded the United Farm Workers of America with César Chávez.
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Kevin Bales: Free The Slaves


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Kevin Bales is one of the world’s leading experts on contemporary slavery. He is the president of Free the Slaves in Washington, D.C. and an advisor to the UN and the US and British governments.  


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AG Calls For Human Trafficking Law


WGBH SPECIAL REPORT: HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN BOSTON
By Phillip Martin
Attorney General Martha Coakley is calling for passage of legislation that would outlaw human trafficking for sex and other forced labor. Massachusetts is currently one of only five states without comprehensive human trafficking legislation.
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Mass. Sex Trafficking Bill Remains Stuck In Committee

By Phillip Martin
Activists are calling for tougher state legislation to combat human and sex trafficking in Massachusetts. FROM WGBH: THE TRAFFICKING CRISIS IN BOSTON
MOVIOLA: SEX TRAFFICKING FILM FORUM OPENS
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Human Trafficking Confronted By The Power Of Images


READ WGBH'S REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN BOSTON
FILMMAKERS DISCUSSION ON THE FORUM NETWORK
By Jared Bowen
Community activists, teachers, and survivors will gather in Cambridge, Dec. 2-5, for the Human Rights and Sexual Trafficking Film Forum.
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Human Trafficking: Law Enforcement


By Phillip Martin

Phillip Martin concludes his report on human and sexual trafficking with a look at how Masschusetts and Rhode Island have set up law enforcement task forces to tackle this issue.

WGBH Special Reports

Human Trafficking: The Crisis in Boston


By Phillip Martin

Phillip Martin investigates how the federal and local government struggle to regulate an industry based around human and sexual trafficking.

Social Issues

Human Trafficking: Nail Salons


By Phillip Martin

Phillip Martin begins his investigation into human and sexual trafficking with a look at how some New England nail salons are being used as fronts for the local sex trade.

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Human Trafficking: Child Exploitation


By Phillip Martin

Of all the dimensions of human trafficking, the kidnapping of children for commercial sexual exploitation is considered the most heinous. Phillip Martin investigates.

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Human Trafficking: Glossary of Terms

A list of commonly used trafficking terms.

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Full Interview: Donna

As part of his investigation into human and sexual trafficking in Boston, Phillip Martin talks to "Donna", who as a teenager was traded into the world of prostitution.

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Full Interview: Beatrice Fernando

As part of Phillip Martin's investigation into Human and Sexual Trafficking in Boston, Phillip sits down with Bernice Fernando to discuss her history with the international sex trafficking trade.

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Full Interview: Audrey Porter


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Audrey Porter was a teenager when she was steered into prostitution in Boston, and stayed there for a while because of a drug habit developed on the job. Phillip Martin talks to her about her work with the organization My Life, My Choice, and her own history.

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Human Trafficking: Trafficking By The Numbers


Get the facts and figures behind human and sexual trafficking in Boston and beyond.

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