‘Ley y Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales’ es una serie de televisión estadounidense grabada en Nueva York donde es también principalmente producida. Con el estilo de la original ‘Ley y Orden’ los episodios son usualmente "sacados de los titulares" o basados libremente en verdaderos asesinatos que han recibido la atención de los medios.
The tragic yet hopeful story of Fanny, a young teen from a good suburban home whose life spirals out of control when she falls for a manipulative and abusive man.
Esta serie cuenta la historia de un grupo de muchachas rusas y lituanas que llegaron a un casting para una compañía de danza. Este casting llevado por dos belgas, revela ser falso: después de haber firmado un contrato redactado en griego, lengua que ellas no comprendían, las jóvenes son llevadas hacia Chipre, donde deben aprender strip-tease, antes de llevarlas a los clubes nocturnos en Amberes, Bélgica. Con su pasaporte confiscado, las muchachas se ven obligadas a bailar, y de vez en cuando, a prostituirse para devolver el dinero, por los "gastos del viaje" y de "formación". Un periodista belga, Nico Maes intentan en vano desenmascarar esta "trata de blancas", en vano. En efecto, los proxenetas se benefician de sus cómplices en la policía y no dudan en amenazar o incluso matar a aquellas y aquellos que podrían dañar su tráfico o que se niegan a participar.
Dramatic events unfold in Croatia and Ukraine. The first girl drowned, the second one died from a drug overdose. The main suspect in these deaths, however, soon turns out to be innocent - and dead too. While detective Vladimir and reporter Stribor struggle to solve these murders in Croatia, the niece of Olga, an Ukrainian philanthropist, goes missing in Kyiv.
Sex Slaves is a 2005 documentary by Ric Esther Bienstock which was created in association with CBC, Channel 4 and Canal D. It provides a firsthand account of international human trafficking by going to the countries such as Moldova and Ukraine where girls are recruited, then following the trail to the various countries and locales where they end up. Interviews with traffickers, experts, police vice-squads and former sex slaves, along with undercover footage, provide a glimpse into the frightening reality and scope of the problem.
One husband's journey is documented as he attempts to rescue his pregnant wife who was sold by a trafficker who befriended them, to a notoriously powerful and violent pimp in Turkey.
Sex Slaves won numerous awards, including a 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism, the Edward R. Murrow Award from the Overseas Press Club of America, a Gracie Award from American Women in Radio and Television, a British Broadcast Award for Best Documentary and a Royal Television Society Award from the UK, among others.