Death in the desert: Tribesmen exploit battle to reach Israel
In this first part of his report, CNN's Fred Pleitgen investigates the plight of refugees crossing the Sinai Desert. Check out the second part El Arish, Egypt - "I wanted to build a good future for my...
View ArticleRefugees face organ theft in the Sinai
In the second part of his report, CNN's Fred Pleitgen investigates organ trafficking in the Sinai Desert. Read the first part Bedouin smugglers involved in people trafficking are also believed to be...
View ArticleSlaves freed after CNN documentary
By Fred Pleitgen and Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, CNN (CNN) - Hundreds of African refugees have been released from captivity in the Sinai Peninsula and allowed to cross from Egypt into Israel, shortly after a...
View ArticleBedouin successes fighting people traffickers
by Frederik Pleitgen and Mohammed Fadel Fahmy, CNN The area of Al Mehdia near Egypt's border with Israel is a lawless place even by Northern Sinai's standards. There is no police force and a military...
View ArticleSister gives hope to trafficked migrants
By Elise Labott and Dan Morgan, CNN For thousands of African asylum seekers fleeing danger via Egypt's Sinai desert, one woman serves as an oasis after their harrowing journey into Israel. She was born...
View ArticleHelping to take a stand in the Sinai
In the Sinai Desert a handful of groups is fighting ruthless people-traffickers who prey on desperate migrants trying to reach Israel from war-ravaged and poverty-stricken parts of Africa. Many of them...
View ArticleWomen raped by Sinai traffickers find help
By Frederik Pleitgen and Mohammed Fadel Fahmy, CNN The Sinai desert is a hub for people trafficking. Many of the refugees from sub-Saharan Africa who get smuggled through here get tortured and...
View Article'Stand in the Sinai' now online
As part of the Freedom Project CNN this year returned to Egypt’s Sinai Desert where people-smugglers abuse, rape and hold for ransom desperately poor refugees. In 2011 “Death in the Desert” uncovered...
View ArticleGermans take up Sinai trafficking
Germany's parliament has taken on debating human trafficking in Sinai in part due to CNN reporting from the region. German MP Annette Groth says it is time for Berlin to use its economic power to...
View ArticleNepal's Organ Trail: Coming soon on CNN
The CNN Freedom Project first exposed the horrific practice of organ trafficking in Egypt, with the documentary "Death in the Desert". Now we travel to a tiny district in Nepal where hundreds of people...
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