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Latin American women and children of all races survive in a hostile social climate of severe sexual harassment and sexual violence.  These conditions expose women and especially girl children to danger in the home, in their communities, in their schools and in their workplaces.

Our collection of articles & reports define the scope of this emergency.

  

The Crisis in Argentina.

Argentina is a major source, and a major destination country for women and children trapped in sex trafficking.

(See articles in Spanish and English below.)


LibertadLatina is enthusiastic to present the independent analysis of human exploitation issues by Sra. Carla Conde-Freudendorff in Argentina.

Most Spanish language articles in this section were also provided by Sra. Carla Conde-Freudendorff.

Many thanks!

- Chuck Goolsby

LibertadLatina

June 13, 2005

Young Indigenous girl child from Paraguay, South America, freed from sexual slavery by police in Argentina.

 


 

El lector puede confundirse dado que en los artículos de prensa , puede observarse un manejo inadecuado en el  empleo de los términos de trata de personas y tráfico ilícito de emigrante tanto por el periodista, expertos y comentaristas.

Carla Conde-Freudendorff.


The reader can be confused [when reading Argentine press articles on sex trafficking] due to the fact that, in press articles we can observe the inadequate usage of the terms used to described sex trafficking and other illicit migrant trafficking by reporters, experts and commentators.

Carla Conde-Freudendorff.

 


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Added May 3, 2008

Argentina / Dominican Republic

Análisis de Lay Ley 26.364 de Argentina: Prevencion Y Sancion De La Trata De Personas Y Asistencia A Sus Victimas

First anti-trafficking law passed in Argentina

On April 29, 2008, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies of the nation of Argentina passed the first national law against human trafficking. The legislation is called Law 26.364 - The Prevention and Punishment of the Trafficking of Persons, and Assistance for Victims.

What will happen in the many cases in which the victims are women who were trafficked from the Dominican Republic?

The situation of Dominican women is worse than ever, and involves a world of prostitution, trafficking, drugs and drug mules. Many women have fallen prey, and they have all been silenced. The Argentine prostitution continues to depend upon trafficked Dominican women.

This would be a good time to see the development by Argentine and Dominican authorities of an anti-trafficking campaign, directed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Organized crime clearly at the middle of Dominican trafficking to Argentina. The problem is that this fact is ignored and hidden. An effective project needs to be created, one that is more than blowing bubbles in the air.

- Contributor Carla Conde-Freudendorff

May 2, 2008


Added April 23, 2008

Argentina

Marita Verón

Rescatan a 40 niñas forzadas a prostituirse en varios prostíbulos argentinos

Forty undernourished children between the ages of 11 and 12 have been rescued from 30 brothels in the province of Rioja, in northeast Argentina, where they were sexually exploited.

The announcement was made by Susana Trimarco during ceremonies to mark the opening of her foundation dedicated to rescuing young victims of human trafficking. Trimarco has struggled for 7 years to recover her own daughter, Marita Verón, who was kidnapped by a sex trafficking network in April of 2002 in the city of San Miguel Tucumán.

Trimarco's efforts have saved dozens of lives. With her new foundation, she plans to extend her work, searching for victims, rescuing them and working with them during their recuperation.

Trimarco pointed the finger at the local police chief, who she accused of "wanting to block the sun with his own hands." Thanks to Trimarco'e efforts, dozens of victims have been rescued from trafficking mafias, a judge has been sacked, and 30 other people have investigated and processed.

- Actualidad

Spain

April 23, 2008

See also:

Power of a Mother’s Love Saves 100 Women from Traffickers

U.S. State Dept. Under Secretary Paula Dobriansky stands with Susana Trimarco de Veron in Washington.

Argentine woman wins U.S. International Women of Courage Award

Susana Trimarco: "Women disappear in Argentina every day, she said. Many are taken away to Colombia, Mexico, Spain, Paraguay and other countries to work in the sex industry."

Trimarco said her goals for the coming year are to establish a foundation to help fight human trafficking, get more governmental involvement, and, of course, to find her beloved Marita.

- United States Embassy - Uruguay

June 12, 2007


Added June 29 2005

 Marcia "Cindy" Chana Santana y el ex Policía Claudio Seijas Fueron Condenados a 12 Años de Prisión Efectiva al ser Encontrados Culpables del Delito de "Promoción de la Prostitución de Menores"

 Ex-Policeman and Dominican Madame are Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Forcing Three Underage Youth into Prostitution.


 Un Golpe al Tráfico de Mujeres Paraguayas que son Obligadas a Prostituirse

 A Cabaret in Malvinas is Closed for Enslaving 27 Paraguayan Women and 5 Minor Girls.  Victims Were Offered Legitimate Jobs and Then Forced into Prostitution. Police May be Involved.

(In Spanish)

June 28, 2005


Argentina

Added June 29 2005

 Denuncian Nuevos Casos de Prostitución - Son dos Chicas que Fueron Secuestradas.

 A Young Woman and Minor Girl are Freed; Madame, 11 Accomplices Detained. 

80 Girls & Women from Tucumán and Others from La Pampa Have Been  Kidnapped into Forced Prostitution in "La Rioja" Zone.


June 15, 2005

Argentina

 Human Rights Watch Denounces State Restrictions on Women's Right to Contraception.

A 35-Year-Old Mother of Eight Children, Gladis M. Said for 14 Years Her Husband Beat Her and Prevented Her from Using Contraceptives. ...Her Husband Repeatedly Told Her: "I Am Going to Fill You Up with Children So You Can't Leave My Side."


Added June 13, 2005

Argentina

 Anti-slavery activist Carla Conde-Freudendorff in Argentina provides articles and analysis documenting the extensive sex trafficking of over 10,000 women and girls from the Dominican Republic to Argentina, and provides analysis of the Lack of Mention of this Issue in the 2005 U.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons Report.


May 29, 2005

Argentina

 La Desaparición de Mujeres - Un Drama que Lleva el Sello de la Mafia de la Prostitución.

 Article: Argentine Attorney General's Office Reports on Sex Trafficking Mafia's Systematic Kidnapping of Youth and Women into Domestic and International Prostitution.  In One Recent Case, 29 Kidnapped Youth from the Province of Las Missiones Were Freed from Various Brothels.  500,000 Involved in Prostitution 'Trade.'

Fernanda Aguirre, Age 13, Kidnapped into Forced Prostitution in Argentina.

 

 

 

 

Errata: We originally translated "Jovenes Misioneras" in the Spanish language version of the above article as meaning "youth missionaries."  The correct translation is "youth from the province of Las Misiones (the missions.)  Our apologies. 

- Chuck Goolsby

LibertadLatina.org

July 2, 2005

March 31, 2005

Liberan a 30 “esclavos” que trabajaban en una fábrica

30 "slaves" are freed from a factory

http://www.infobae.com.ar

La Policía allanó el comercio, situado en Flores Sur, donde trabajaban empleados de nacionalidad peruana y boliviana para producir ilegalmente ropa

 


March 31, 2005

Informe de EE.UU.
Crítica al país por el tráfico de personas
Según Washington, hay explotación sexual y laboral

Report from the United States: Our Nation is Criticized.  According to Washington, Sexual and Labor Exploitation Exist.

- The Nation (Newspaper) - Argentina

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=691337

 


March 31, 2005

"Es dañino el informe norteamericano", dijo Aníbal Fernández -

Controversia por el tráfico de personas

"The North American [U.S.] Report is Damaging." Says Anibal Fernandez - Controversy over human trafficking.

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=691907  


March 31, 2005

Malestar en el Gobierno por el informe de los Estados Unidos

U.S. Report Upsets the Government

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=691340
 


March 30, 2005

El ministro del Interior calificó el contenido del documento de "muy dañino"

The Minister of the Interior Calls Washington's Report "Very Damaging."

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=691745


March 29, 2005

Opiniones divididas ante el documento - Hablan expertos y legisladores

Opinions are divided in the face of the [U.S.] document - legislators and experts speak.
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=691341

 

March 29, 2005

"Los partidos generan frustración"

"The parties generate frustration."

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=691339

 


Added 03/07/2005

Amenazas Mafiosas - Mujeres Paraguayas Estan Esclavizadas en Prostíbulos.

Mafia Threats -  Paraguayan Girls and Women are Enslaved in Argentine Brothels.

 


March 6, 2005

Esclavas paraguayas

Córdoba, Argentina

Female Paraguayans Enslaved.

http://www.lavozdelinterior.net/nota.asp?nrc=310218

Por Miguel Durán

No tienen estudio. Algunas, ni siquiera saben cuándo nacieron. Si les preguntan cuál es el código de su país para hablar por teléfono, lo ignoran. No tienen documentos. Y si lo tienen, es ajeno. Quieren emerger de la miseria. Algunas saben que vienen a prostituirse. Otras son engañadas con supuestos empleos en casas de familia o supermercados. Son, obviamente, discapacitadas sociales.

 


December 4, 2004

“Me obligaban a tomar orina y a comer excrementos”

"They forced me to drink urine and eat excrement."

Córdoba, Argentina http://www.lavozdelinterior.net/2004/1204/sucesos/nota288199_1.htm

 

 

Other articles about exploitation in Argentina:

March 29, 2005

Massive Sexual Slavery is Underreported 12-03-2004


2001

Argentina

"An estimated 500,000 girls younger than 16 are in Prostitution in the northeast states of Argentina."

From: The Protection Project, Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, DC


January 14, 1999

 Argentina Imports Prostitutes from Central America 01-14-1999

 
 
     

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Ricky Martin lanza campaña contra trata de personas en Washington, D.C. Llama y Vive promoverá línea telefónica de asistencia confidencial y gratuita

Ricky Martin  launches Call and Live in Washington DC, a campaign that promotes an anti-trafficking hotline.

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