Allison Mack, a US actress known for the TV show Smallville, has appeared in court on charges of aiding a sex trafficking operation disguised as a mentoring group. Keith Raniere, the leader of the so-called self-help group, was arrested by the FBI in Mexico in March. Ms Mack is accused of helping

Former “Smallville” star Allison Mack has been charged with sex trafficking for helping recruit women to be slaves of a man who sold himself as a self-improvement guru.

The term “missing women” indicates a shortfall in the number of women relative to the expected number of women in a region or country.It is most often measured through male-to-female sex ratios, and is theorized to be caused by sex-selective abortions, female infanticide, and inadequate healthcare and nutrition for female ren.

Answers to FAQs about trafficking including what is human trafficking and sex slavery, who traffics and what is the impact of the sex trafficking of women.

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Sexual slavery (sometimes known as sexual exploitation) is attaching the right of ownership over one or more persons with the intent of coercing or otherwise forcing them to engage in one or more sexual activities.

1 PREFACE Human trafficking is a crime that ruthlessly exploits women, ren and men for numerous purposes includ-ing forced labour and sex.

Human trafficking is usually one of those rare issues that bridge the political divide, especially when presented as harmful to ren. But when it comes to adults—women make up the vast majority of sex-trafficking victims—prostitution is still often regarded as a possible career choice, as something that women might want to do, and might

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