Child Trafficking News

Leona Lewis auctions date for Haiti

By theGrio

12:29 PM on 02/22/2010

Leona Lewis is auctioning off a night of her company to raise money for the Haiti aid appeal...
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Haiti lawyer: 8 of 10 Baptists accused of child trafficking to be freed

By theGrio

4:49 PM on 02/17/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Aviol Fleurant says group leader Laura Silsby and Charisa Coulter will be held for additional questioning...
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Lawyer for detained Baptists in Haiti is accused of human trafficking

By theGrio

10:13 AM on 02/15/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) - Relatives of a group of jailed U.S. missionaries thought a man who volunteered legal assistance--but who may be wanted for human trafficking in El Salvador--was a good Samaritan...
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US Baptists charged with kidnapping Haitian children

By theGrio

2:49 PM on 02/04/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) - Edwin Coq says the Americans also are charged with criminal association. The 10 appeared in court Thursday and were whisked away to a jail in Haiti's capital...
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US Baptists to appear before Haitian prosecutor

By theGrio

8:39 AM on 02/04/2010

CALLEBAS, Haiti (AP) -- Parents in this quake-wracked Haitian village unable to feed or clothe their children handed the youngsters over to a group of American missionaries who promised to give them a better life...
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Haitian parents willingly gave children to US Baptists

By theGrio

4:12 PM on 02/03/2010

CALLEBAS, Haiti (AP) - Parents in this struggling village above Haiti's capital said Wednesday they willingly handed their children to American missionaries who showed up in a bus promising to give them a better life...
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Child trafficking probe key to Americans' fate in Haiti

By theGrio

1:36 PM on 02/01/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) - Haitian and U.S. officials are considering a trial for 10 Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without permission...
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Baptist group accused of Haiti child trafficking

By theGrio

6:28 AM on 02/01/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) - The arrest of 10 Americans for trying to take children out of Haiti has raised uncomfortable questions in this earthquake-devastated country...
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