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Human trafficking survivor fights back

Karla Jacinto, a former victim of sexual abuse and human trafficking, is not just surviving, she's thriving -- as a human rights activist who speaks against modern-day slavery. CNN's Rafael Romo reports.

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A Bangladeshi boy plays soccer with his father in Baltimore, Maryland. The boy was attacked and mutilated in Dhaka in 2010 and was later brought to the U.S., where doctors at Johns Hopkins Children's Center agreed to operate on him for free.

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Savoeun was saved from a trafficker by her sister who had been trained to spot the signs of traffickers by World Vision, and Cambodian national police, who had been trained by the FBI.

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Akhleema and Tasleema, two sisters from Kolkata in India's east, were sold as brides in Haryana state, in western India.

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