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President Obama Appoints Eleven to Key Human Trafficking Posts

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December 19, 2015

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On December 16, President Obama appoints eleven to key human trafficking posts…

Evelyn Chumbow – Member, United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
Harold d’Souza – Member, United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
Minh Dang – Member, United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
Tina Frundt – Member, United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
Ima Matul Maisaroh – Member, United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
Ronny Marty – Member, United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
Florencia Molina – Member, United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
Bukola Love Oriola – Member, United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
Suamhirs Piraino-Guzman – Member, United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
Sheila White – Member, United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking
Shandra Woworuntu – Member, United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking

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German court convicts Iraqi couple of genocide and enslaving Yazidi girls

Trigger warning: Article includes details of child abuse The Munich Higher Regional Court has convicted an Iraqi couple of enslaving two Yazidi girls and for being members of the Islamic State group (IS). The couple enslaved two Yazidi girls between 2015 and 2017. At the same time, IS systematically trafficked thousands of Yazidi women and children into slavery as part of its persecution of the religious minority. Sold at 5 years old in a Mosul

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