<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - humantrafficking's Column - Articles and Seeds</title><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/</link><description>Human Trafficking In View</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2012</copyright><lastBuildDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:47:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 05:09:09 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Human Trafficking and Narco Raids Flying High in Belize Tourist Paradise</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Belize has removed the muzzle from its news media, letting them   report on the latest big narcotics and human trafficking busts in that   country.  Why is that?  There are many things in the air over Belize,   none of it good.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/24/5520530-human-trafficking-and-narco-raids-flying-high-in-belize-tourist-paradise</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/24/5520530-human-trafficking-and-narco-raids-flying-high-in-belize-tourist-paradise</guid><category>travel</category><category>women</category><category>tourism</category><category>belize</category><category>social-media</category><category>womens-rights</category><category>illegal-drug-trade</category><category>belize-news</category><category>belize-city</category><category>human-trafficking-san-pedro-belize</category><category>belize-tourism-boycott</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>ambergris-caye</category><category>fight-human-trafficking</category><category>us-government-human-trafficking</category><category>vivian-trill-on-belize-boycott</category><category>belize-immigration-corruption</category><category>san-pedro-town</category><category>betty-philips-human-trafficking</category><category>belize-tourism-news</category><category>carnival-cruise-lines-and-norwegian-cruise-line</category><category>eplerwoods-international</category><category>mike-singh</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:19:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Belize Tourism Board Social Media Plans Blocked by Vivian Trill and ORT </title>
<description><![CDATA[ ORT has formally challenged Belize Tourism to a social media duel.    The Belize Tourism Board Action Plan 2010-2012 relies heavily on the   deployment of social media marketing to draw international tourists.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/24/5520521-belize-tourism-board-social-media-plans-blocked-by-vivian-trill-and-ort</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/24/5520521-belize-tourism-board-social-media-plans-blocked-by-vivian-trill-and-ort</guid><category>women</category><category>tourism</category><category>belize</category><category>world-news</category><category>social-media</category><category>womens-rights</category><category>illegal-drug-trade</category><category>belize-news</category><category>belize-city</category><category>human-trafficking-san-pedro-belize</category><category>belize-tourism-boycott</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>ambergris-caye</category><category>fight-human-trafficking</category><category>us-government-human-trafficking</category><category>vivian-trill-on-belize-boycott</category><category>belize-immigration-corruption</category><category>san-pedro-town</category><category>betty-philips-human-trafficking</category><category>belize-tourism-news</category><category>carnival-cruise-lines-and-norwegian-cruise-line</category><category>eplerwoods-international</category><category>mike-singh</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 12:15:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Belize Drug Plane lands on highway with million dollars worth of suspected cocaine</title>
<description><![CDATA[Drug Plane lands on highway with million dollars worth of suspected cocaine
 ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/16/5476704-belize-drug-plane-lands-on-highway-with-million-dollars-worth-of-suspected-cocaine</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/16/5476704-belize-drug-plane-lands-on-highway-with-million-dollars-worth-of-suspected-cocaine</guid><category>world-news</category><category>human-trafficking-belize</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>belize-tourism-news</category><category>tourism-news-belize</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:36:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Belize in great peril from Narco and Human Traffickers</title>
<description><![CDATA[ National Security is steadily  becoming a major concern due to recent  illicit activities involving  airplanes in northern, central and  southern Belize.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/16/5476451-belize-in-great-peril-from-narco-and-human-traffickers</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/16/5476451-belize-in-great-peril-from-narco-and-human-traffickers</guid><category>belize</category><category>world-news</category><category>belize-tourism</category><category>belize-city</category><category>human-trafficking-belize</category><category>belize-tourism-boycott</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>vivian-trill</category><category>vivian-trill-on-belize-boycott</category><category>belize-immigration-corruption</category><category>belize-tourism-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:51:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5476502.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5476502.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gay Tourists Warning Belize Macho Culture Have Dangerous Laws </title>
<description><![CDATA[ It&rsquo;s can be fatal to openly gay in Belize.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/25/5347940-gay-tourists-warning-belize-macho-culture-have-dangerous-laws</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/25/5347940-gay-tourists-warning-belize-macho-culture-have-dangerous-laws</guid><category>world-news</category><category>human-trafficking-belize</category><category>belize-tourism-boycott</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>vivian-trill</category><category>betty-philips</category><category>ambergris-caye</category><category>betty-philips-human-trafficking</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:51:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Belize Human Trafficking HIV Capital Tourism Danger</title>
<description><![CDATA[ It&rsquo;s illegal to sell condoms in Belize, a country with the highest rate of HIV in Central America.  More than 2 percent of the population is HIV or AIDS-infected, which is the same rate as Ethiopia and Angola.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/25/5347836-belize-human-trafficking-hiv-capital-tourism-danger</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/25/5347836-belize-human-trafficking-hiv-capital-tourism-danger</guid><category>travel</category><category>belize</category><category>human-trafficking-belize</category><category>belize-tourism-boycott</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>betty-philips</category><category>vivian-trill-on-belize-boycott</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:19:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Belize Tourism CEO Confesses to Knowledge of Prostitutes</title>
<description><![CDATA[ It&rsquo;s time to reveal that it was Belize Tourism CEO Michael Singh I  was speaking with recently in an honest attempt to work with his  government to address that country&rsquo;s role as human trafficking super  corridor.  It was Mr.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/19/5317027-belize-tourism-ceo-confesses-to-knowledge-of-prostitutes</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/19/5317027-belize-tourism-ceo-confesses-to-knowledge-of-prostitutes</guid><category>belize</category><category>world-news</category><category>belize-news</category><category>human-trafficking-belize</category><category>belize-tourism-boycott</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>betty-philips</category><category>vivian-trill-on-belize-boycott</category><category>belize-immigration-corruption</category><category>betty-philips-human-trafficking</category><category>michael-singh</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:15:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5317038.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5317038.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Human Traffickers Arrested in San Pedro Belize</title>
<description><![CDATA[ *A 22-year-old female Honduran reported to Police, in the presence of   a Human Service Officer, that sometime between May1, 2010 and May, 31,   2010 a female known to her as Tanisha Tucker recruited her by false   promises and transported her to Belize through the Western Borde …]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/01/5213863-human-traffickers-arrested-in-san-pedro-belize</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/01/5213863-human-traffickers-arrested-in-san-pedro-belize</guid><category>belize</category><category>world-news</category><category>human-trafficking-belize</category><category>belize-tourism-boycott</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>fight-human-trafficking</category><category>vivian-trill-on-belize-boycott</category><category>san-pedro-town</category><category>belize-tourism-news</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Oct 2010 15:35:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5213880.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="500" width="361" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5213880.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>San Pedro Belize Immigration Officer Charged With Rape</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Winston Arzu, 39, Grade 2   immigration officer of San Pedro Town,  Ambergris Caye, has been  arrested  and charged with rape and appeared on  Thursday afternoon in  San Pedro  Magistrate's Court.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/01/5213820-san-pedro-belize-immigration-officer-charged-with-rape</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/01/5213820-san-pedro-belize-immigration-officer-charged-with-rape</guid><category>belize</category><category>world-news</category><category>human-trafficking-belize</category><category>belize-tourism-boycott</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>vivian-trill</category><category>betty-philips</category><category>ambergris-caye</category><category>belize-immigration-corruption</category><category>betty-philips-human-trafficking</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Oct 2010 15:29:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5213843.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5213843.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Belize Tourism Record 6 Murders in Two Days</title>
<description><![CDATA[ There is no bottom to the abyss to which crime has plunged. Six   persons were murdered in the weekend&rsquo;s wave of terror; four in the city   and two in the west. How do you top this new record?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/18/5135078-belize-tourism-record-6-murders-in-two-days</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/18/5135078-belize-tourism-record-6-murders-in-two-days</guid><category>tourism</category><category>carnival-cruise-lines</category><category>world-news</category><category>belize-news</category><category>belize-tourism-boycott</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>betty-philips</category><category>vivian-trill-on-belize-boycott</category><category>betty-philips-human-trafficking</category><category>belize-tourism-news</category><category>belize-crime-news</category><category>belize-tourism-warning</category><pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:07:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5135090.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5135090.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Belize Human Trafficking Victim Speaks on Hattieville </title>
<description><![CDATA[I am an Honduran national who was taken to Belize when I was 17 on a promise of work and hope for my family.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/17/5128531-belize-human-trafficking-victim-speaks-on-hattieville</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/17/5128531-belize-human-trafficking-victim-speaks-on-hattieville</guid><category>world</category><category>politics</category><category>belize-news</category><category>belize-city</category><category>human-trafficking-belize</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>vivian-trill</category><category>human-trafficking-central-america</category><category>belize-immigration-corruption</category><category>hattieville-prison</category><category>bars-belize</category><category>kolbe-foundation</category><pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:59:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5128549.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="165" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5128549.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Vivian Trill-Belize Human Trafficking Victims Theme </title>
<description><![CDATA[ My real name is Elvira I had a laugh you wouldn&rsquo;t forget My street name was Maria I&rsquo;ll never laugh again]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/16/5122357-vivian-trill-belize-human-trafficking-victims-theme</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/16/5122357-vivian-trill-belize-human-trafficking-victims-theme</guid><category>arts</category><category>human-trafficking-belize</category><category>belize-tourism-boycott</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>vivian-trill</category><category>bars-belize</category><category>belize-tourism-news</category><category>ficha-bars</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:16:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5122367.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5122367.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Belize Open Borders&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Vivian Trill and Belize Human Trafficking Talks Break Down</title>
<description><![CDATA[ A few weeks ago, the Belize government contacted me to start talking  about how our organization could work with them to begin addressing  human trafficking issues.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/10/5088131-vivian-trill-and-belize-human-trafficking-talks-break-down</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/10/5088131-vivian-trill-and-belize-human-trafficking-talks-break-down</guid><category>world-news</category><category>belize-news</category><category>human-trafficking-belize</category><category>betty-philips</category><category>ambergris-caye</category><category>fight-human-trafficking</category><category>vivian-trill-on-belize-boycott</category><category>belize-immigration-corruption</category><category>betty-philips-human-trafficking</category><category>fiche-bars</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:55:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5088150.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="328" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5088150.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>San Pedro Belize! Guatemalan woman charged with human trafficking</title>
<description><![CDATA[By Albert Ciego - Staff Reporter

A  police detachment from Belize on special assignment to San Pedro has  arrested a 24-year-old Guatemalan woman and charged her with human  trafficking.

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/05/5050400-san-pedro-belize-guatemalan-woman-charged-with-human-trafficking</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/05/5050400-san-pedro-belize-guatemalan-woman-charged-with-human-trafficking</guid><category>human-trafficking</category><category>world-news</category><category>belize-city</category><category>human-trafficking-belize</category><category>belize-tourism-boycott</category><category>betty-philips</category><category>ambergris-caye</category><category>human-trafficking-central-america</category><category>vivian-trill-on-belize-boycott</category><category>bars-belize</category><category>fiche-bars</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 Sep 2010 14:46:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5050508.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="120" width="160" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5050508.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>91st Belize Human Trafficking Victim Story </title>
<description><![CDATA[ This is the story about Charlie. She never had to consider herself a  total whore like a lot of the girls.  She had been trafficked from  Nicaragua two years before we met her.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/03/5041191-91st-belize-human-trafficking-victim-story</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/03/5041191-91st-belize-human-trafficking-victim-story</guid><category>world-news</category><category>belize-news</category><category>human-trafficking-belize</category><category>belize-tourism-boycott</category><category>betty-philips</category><category>vivian-trill-on-belize-boycott</category><category>betty-philips-human-trafficking</category><category>bars-belize</category><category>fiche-bars</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Sep 2010 21:11:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5041220.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="173" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5041220.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="52" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> Belize Human Trafficking Victim 92nd Exposed</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Under Belize law, bar owners are supposed to be penalized if  prostitution is found on their premises. This law is never enforced in  Belize.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/03/5040916-belize-human-trafficking-victim-92nd-exposed</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/03/5040916-belize-human-trafficking-victim-92nd-exposed</guid><category>politics</category><category>belize</category><category>belize-news</category><category>human-trafficking-belize</category><category>belize-tourism-boycott</category><category>betty-philips</category><category>vivian-trill-on-belize-boycott</category><category>belize-immigration-corruption</category><category>betty-philips-human-trafficking</category><category>fiche-bars-belize</category><category>bars-belize</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Sep 2010 20:14:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5040928.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F5040928.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="45" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The 95th Belize Human Trafficking Victim</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Over the last four months our campaign to expose the human  trafficking tragedy in Belize has been challenged by some.  I have been  called an opinionated blogger. I can assure you I offer a great deal  more than opinion.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/28/4990035-the-95th-belize-human-trafficking-victim</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/28/4990035-the-95th-belize-human-trafficking-victim</guid><category>politics</category><category>belize</category><category>belize-news</category><category>human-trafficking-belize</category><category>belize-tourism-boycott</category><category>ambergris-caye</category><category>human-trafficking-central-america</category><category>vivian-trill-on-belize-boycott</category><category>belize-immigration-corruption</category><category>betty-philips-human-trafficking</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:05:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F4990052.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F4990052.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Belize First Human Trafficking Trial Set For Tuesday</title>
<description><![CDATA[A global justice watch focused on an upcoming Belize human trafficking court trial has been called by the Organization for Responsible Tourism (ORT), Vivian Trill, ORT President today announced. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/27/4984299-belize-first-human-trafficking-trial-set-for-tuesday</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/27/4984299-belize-first-human-trafficking-trial-set-for-tuesday</guid><category>world-news</category><category>social-transformation</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>ort-global-justice-watch-called</category><category>belize-government</category><category>ort-chair-betty-philips</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:30:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Belize Csec Symposium Looks At Human Trafficking </title>
<description><![CDATA[August 26, 2010
Today is the second day of the first national symposium on the  Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Belize.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/27/4982900-belize-csec-symposium-looks-at-human-trafficking</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/27/4982900-belize-csec-symposium-looks-at-human-trafficking</guid><category>world-news</category><category>human-trafficking-belize</category><category>mrs-kim-simplis-barrow</category><category>appeal-to-stop-human-trafficking-in-belize</category><pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:52:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F4982922.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="133" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F4982922.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mrs. Kim Simplis-Barrow&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Belize Human Trafficking Victims Talk &quot; Belize Bank Parking Lot&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[ This is about a girl with the street name Marisa, a Honduran working in San Pedro at a ficha bar across the street from Belize Bank. She was owned by a Chinese group, openly known for having girls for sale.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/25/4969319-belize-human-trafficking-victims-talk-belize-bank-parking-lot</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/25/4969319-belize-human-trafficking-victims-talk-belize-bank-parking-lot</guid><category>odd-news</category><category>human-trafficking-belize</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>vivian-trill</category><category>bq-pitts-belize</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:55:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F4969335.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F4969335.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> 99th &quot;Belize Human Trafficking Victim Speaks Out&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[ My  name is Maria. I spent part of my life on the Island of Ambergris   Caye,  San Pedro Town, Belize. I was well known in San Pedro as   Montana, my  street name.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/25/4968162-99th-belize-human-trafficking-victim-speaks-out</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/25/4968162-99th-belize-human-trafficking-victim-speaks-out</guid><category>canada</category><category>human-trafficking</category><category>world-news</category><category>ort</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>vivian-trill</category><category>betty-philips</category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:40:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F4968194.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F4968194.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Top Cop in Belize orders Human Trafficking Sting on San Pedro</title>
<description><![CDATA[ A dramatic takedown of three alleged San Pedro human trafficking bars was reported recently in Belize news media.   It seems that National Criminal Investigation Branch swooped down unannounced on San Pedro ficha bars and busted 24 people.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/19/4932407-top-cop-in-belize-orders-human-trafficking-sting-on-san-pedro</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/19/4932407-top-cop-in-belize-orders-human-trafficking-sting-on-san-pedro</guid><category>world-news</category><category>san-pedro-belize</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>vivian-trill</category><category>betty-philips</category><category>human-trafficking-sting</category><category>sweeps-san-pedro</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:49:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Betty Philips: Human Trafficking Sting Sweeps San Pedro Belize Paradise</title>
<description><![CDATA[As a result of the past weekend's bust, seven individuals were detained from Los Compadres bar, ten from Thirsty Tiger and seven from Black and White.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/18/4920452-betty-philips-human-trafficking-sting-sweeps-san-pedro-belize-paradise</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/18/4920452-betty-philips-human-trafficking-sting-sweeps-san-pedro-belize-paradise</guid><category>travel</category><category>san-pedro</category><category>belize-news</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>vivian-trill</category><category>betty-philips</category><pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:49:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Appeal to Canadians: Stand On Guard Against Belize Human Trafficking</title>
<description><![CDATA[Organization for Responsible Tourism (ORT) today released in Canada an Appeal to the Belize government to address human trafficking, with ORT Chair Betty Philips calling on Canadians to endorse the petition's specific recommendations, targeted at Belize]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/12/4875044-appeal-to-canadians-stand-on-guard-against-belize-human-trafficking</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/12/4875044-appeal-to-canadians-stand-on-guard-against-belize-human-trafficking</guid><category>world-news</category><category>vivian-trill</category><category>betty-philips</category><category>canada-human-trafficking</category><category>against-belize-human-trafficking</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:16:06 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Belize Child Sex Tourism &quot;an emerging trend in Belize – Belize News</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Travel Advice for Belize &ndash; Australian Department of Foreign &hellip;Jul 23, 2010 &hellip; We advise you to exercise a high degree of caution in  Belize because of &hellip;. terrorism and child sex tourism, apply to  Australians overseas.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[humantrafficking]]></source><link>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/09/4851069-belize-child-sex-tourism-an-emerging-trend-in-belize-belize-news</link><guid>http://humantrafficking-1.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/09/4851069-belize-child-sex-tourism-an-emerging-trend-in-belize-belize-news</guid><category>world-news</category><category>belize-human-trafficking</category><category>vivian-trill</category><category>betty-philips</category><category>sex-tourism-belize</category><category>human-trafficking-canada</category><pubDate>Mon, 9 Aug 2010 22:01:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F4851112.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=http3A2F2Fwww.newsvine.com2F_vine2Fimages2Fusers2Fhumantrafficking-12F4851112.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>
