Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
India's 'missing children' problem
By  • 20 April 2017
The movie "Lion" won enormous popular acclaim in 2016 for its heartrending tale about a 5-year-old Indian boy who loses his family after boarding the wrong train. The movie has helped shed light on the…
READ MORE
Colombian reporter who covered child exploitation attacked
By  • 18 November 2014
A Colombian journalist investigating child prostitution by criminal gangs was attacked Nov. 10 in northwest Colombia. Oscar Castaño, a program director for Orientese Television [Get Oriented TV], had traveled 12 miles from his home city…
READ MORE
Timeline: Child trafficking and exploitation laws
By , • 31 October 2014
A growing number of laws have increased punishments on child sex trafficking around the world in the past two decades. Many have been prompted by key international treaties.   ​
READ MORE
Child sex trafficking scars Latin America
By  • 30 October 2014
From foreign tourists to local women, a diverse group exploits the region’s children. It was a local Colombian beauty queen who had recruited many of the boys and girls. To do so she had used…
READ MORE
Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism.
magnifiercross linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram