In the following report sex trafficking is compared to the tip of a very large iceberg. It’s critical to remember that sex trafficking is one iceberg in a sea of them. There’s been awareness within a few branches of government and Law Enforcement for some time, and the legislative and judiciary branches are grinding through…
DetailsTrafficking – The transportation of goods or passengers: the action of dealing or trading in something illegal. It’s ironic that a term I’ve long objected to as a proxy for slavery (too ambiguous), should be instrumental in defining part of the solution to the problem. Application of knowledge to it’s dictionary-defined use, specifically transportation or movement of those considered by their captors as “goods”…
DetailsWhat does this have to do with Human Trafficking? A great deal. Some of its obvious, some so subtle as to be invisible if you’re not staring it down like a gun barrel. The article below is volatile and contoversial. I had several reactions. One to the photo and then multiple emotions as I followed…
DetailsSearch the Internet for information on Human Trafficking and you’ll find a large amount of the returns are focused on sex trafficking, specifically girls and women forced into prostitution. Sex trafficking is unarguably a horrendous crime. The more you investigate the more you learn how it devastates millions of children and adults of both genders around…
DetailsThis precursor to the following article is not about Russia. It is however deeply connected to the subject for myself and my work. Of all the conversations I have with people about slavery one of the most difficult is how extremely hard it can be to make definitions and distinctions successfully clear. This particular piece…
DetailsMany cases like this one, and serious ongoing abuse has led to new laws outlined in the second article below. There have been moratoriums in the past from countries sourcing maids and domestic help over brutal treatment, rape, disappearance and murder with public executions taking place in several countries involved in the problem. Shockingly, you…
DetailsHaving traveled a bit in China’s interior years ago and to Hong Kong several times, I’ve always taken interest in developments there. Now China features heavily in the trafficking news crossing my path, as well as the daily economic and political links between East and West. I find their current situation both fascinating in it’s…
DetailsToday’s commentary is not my own. It a posting of ATEST’s letter expressing our concern over the failure to yet pass the TVPA Reauthorization. It says it all. It’s posted after from The New York Times op-ed below. EDITORIAL The Fight Against Modern Slavery Published: March 21, 2012 President Obama, in convening the annual meeting…
DetailsIt’s an issue coming to the forefront of people’s awareness. Bullying. Countless news shows, columnists, articles and blogs are writing about words that kill. In many countries this idea magnified is so embedded in the culture that extreme forms have mutated into something entirely different. Honor killings and the deliberate application of mental and physical…
DetailsIt’s understood that changing legislation in newly recognized areas takes time, but just as certain cases of extreme nature set new precedents, this case surely should have. The mocking of the Court and representatives of the Law are window dressing for the real problem here. This man has committed multiple major crimes with a…
DetailsSo many of the excuses the guilty perp tried to use have been and are successfully employed. “I didn’t know how young they were; They came to me doing this work; Pimps are cool everyone says so; It’s part of a showbiz career, gotta keep up the image. A typical “Gorilla” pimp; brutal, sadistic, what…
DetailsThis case is critical. All human trafficking cases, especially involving children are shatteringly important but we need a line drawn in the sand. Too many obscenely light sentences have been handed down in US courts for crimes from which the victims will never fully recover. This crime is like amputating a limb. It completely severs and…
DetailsThis kind of operation would have an 1800’s slaver rubbing his hands in satisfaction. Slaves imported for all manner of manual labor from construction to domestic work. They even a side bilked the welfare system to bring in more income on the backs of the victims. The prison sentences for those convicted so far are…
DetailsThere are several major points in this news story I disagree with but give it your full attention. This is deadly serious. My first point of contention: Sex trafficking, or more accurately human trafficking is not moving to the suburbs, it’s always been there. Each group/demographic/area is shocked and thinks it’s new when its brought…
DetailsPrabha Kotiswaran has written something I haven’t seen before, a clear view of a very difficult, culturally historic as well as modern business practice. She sharply frames the Western view from her own, which I welcome. She doesn’t waste words on formalities. I appreciate that she points out the heavy bias in reporting towards sex…
DetailsTerrifying enough to find within a group of others like you that the labor recruitment people not only lied to you during a desperate time but are going to abuse you in such a frightening and shameful way. To be alone in such a situation, threatened also by an invisible evil you believe can kill…
DetailsNo mater how nonsensical the equation there’s no denying the immense consequences of female infanticide. China is not the only country suffering from this problem. They’ve been more public about their policy and have a higher profile but the gender value imbalance around the world has efficiently spread this tragedy like an Old Testament plague. The…
DetailsOne of the most frightening thing about organ trafficking is not only that it’s so openly barbaric, but the more you search the more you see that it’s everywhere. Certain locations get more press, but if you do even a cursory Internet search for stories or photos the numbers are overwhelming. Nepal India Some of…
DetailsI tried to find hard data on when trafficking became a measurable presence online and was unable to find any stats. Not surprising since it’s only been in the last decade that most would be aware to search for such a thing. In one of those frightening technological fast-forward motions slavery has gone high-tech in…
DetailsThailand brings to mind a destination country with lush, natural beauty, gracious hospitality to tourists and incredible historic temples to view and appreciate. Unfortunately it would be appropriate to add atrocious human rights violations to the list. So much so that there will hopefully be a reflection of those that fail to be addressed in…
DetailsJustin Dillon cuts to the chase. Bravo. Life is too short to take the long way round. On the other hand, America loves a viral cause. Pick a “baddie”, coin a tag line, throw rocks (make no personal change). Justin doesn’t do that. He asks the questions and prompts momentum. People LOVE to bash…
DetailsSo tempting to “rank” types of trafficking by their degree of awfulness. Admit it, it’s done mentally in order to process it and carry on with everyday life.The really in-your-face horrible ones are saved for places with names that may be vaguely familiar from a half-listened to TV news broadcast but have no real connection…
DetailsWhat century is this? Organ trafficking is nothing new but it never ceases to amaze and appall me. It’s true there are impoverished people in the world standing on streets with cardboard signs offering to sell organs to support their families. Horrible but true. This is different. “Donors” are brought in by whatever means neccessary.…
DetailsDan Holtmeyer’s series continues. I hope these articles receives wide exposure. Mr. Holtmeyers ability to unsensationally present and let his carefully researched body of facts speak for themselves is rare and valuable. Humans for Sale: Human trafficking in Lincoln, Day 2 By Dan Holtmeyer Published: Monday, March 5, 2012 One day about a year ago, a…
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