The concept of mail-order brides is something of a mystery to most of us. A product fiction of days gone by that no longer exists in our modern world. For some, though, it’s their reality. In fact, ...

The term “Mail Order Bride” originated on the American frontier in the 19th century. At that time, the number of men on the frontier far outnumbered the number of available women, and lonely farmers ...

A woman suspected to be a trafficking victim who attempted to conceal her true travel purpose by tampering with her passport, was nabbed by the Bureau of Immigration (BI). According to BI spokesperson ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many American men, the draw of the international dating industry is the idea of 'more traditional' women. Kurgenc/iStock via ...

My friend Raoul is a highly intelligent, cultured man with a background in theater and radio who recently suffered a marriage breakdown. He called me up to ask me about whether it was safe to pay for ...

MANILA, Philippines — Immigration officials intercepted a suspected human trafficking victim at Davao International Airport after she allegedly tried to conceal her true destination by gluing her ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Fifteen years ago, when I started studying the international dating industry, few people took the subject seriously. The term “mail-order bride” was treated as a punch line – ...