"Human trafficking has become big business – generating billions of dollars each year through the entrapment and exploitation of millions," said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on May 3rd, at the National Conference on Human Trafficking. "Almost every country in the world is affected, either as a source or destination for victims." OATH Executive Director, Mark Elam was on hand for the conference in Washington DC with special invitation from the State Department and Bureau of Justice Affairs.
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According to the U.S. Department of Justice, human trafficking is the fastest-growing crime in the world, and is second in financial scope only to the sale of illegal drugs. It occurs in every state here in the U.S. and every country in the world. It is a global problem, and as such, it demands a global solution. The girl pictured to the right was purchased at the age of 10 and forced to work as a domestic servant up to 20 hours per day. She is seen here in the space they made for her to sleep in the garage. |
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Read the complete article about this victim at VOANews.com
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Monday, 8 February 2010 18:00 by
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The press is reporting that a group of 10 Baptist missionaries from two churches in Idaho are Human Traffickers that were arrested and in the process of being charged with exploiting young orphaned Haitian children. Is it true that these church members are real traffickers under the guise of a church?... Or were they simply unwise in their actions and intentions to meet their own ideological needs of rescuing these children regardless of proper protocol? What do you think?
It was said to me earlier: "we should not understate the devastating significance of such ideological malfeasance that exposes underlying systemic issues of racism, lingering colonialism, benevolent benefactor, and other tragic "just do it" actions that completely disrespect and dehumanize third world people... proselytizing ends ever justifies the means of removing children from their families".
See article and tell us what you think: http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article101323.ece
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Monday, 25 January 2010 04:01 by
O.A.T.H.
Haiti was in sad shape before the devastating earthquake - 70% unemployment, 80% of the Haitian people lived on $2 or less per day and the Haitian children were known to be cheap for predators and traffickers to exploit... often sold for as little as $50. Now with this national disaster, loss of life, and more desperation than ever before, Haitian children will be more vulnerable than ever to traffickers that profit on exploiting the young and vulnerable.
United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes said the UN is establishing a group whose mission on the ground in Haiti will be to protect children - orphans and non-orphans - against trafficking, kidnapping and sex abuse. There were 380,000 orphans in Haiti before the earthquake... now tens of thousands more to protect. See article:
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Saturday, 31 January 2009 18:28 by
O.A.T.H.
According to author/journalist Victor Malarek (presented on Nightline) we are in our forth wave of women and children sex trafficking victims being shipped into the US.
1. The first wave took place in the 1970s and was composed mostly of Asian women from Thailand and the Philippines;
2. The second wave took place in the early 1980s and was composed mainly of African women from Ghana and Nigeria;
3. The third wave happened in the mid-to-late 1980s and was composed mainly of women from Latin America, such as Brazil, Colombia and the Dominican Republic;
4. The fourth and current wave is composed of women from Central and Eastern Europe. Under full conditions of globalization, this fourth wage occurs at a speed and in proportion never seen before: every year, approximately 175,000 women from the former Soviet republics are trafficked into the sex trade. Ten years ago, the fourth wave had barely started. Today, these women constitute 25% of the global sex trade. Of course, this entire industry is under the control of various organized crime syndicates collaborating with each other, making the sex trade a truly global venture whereby women from peripheral areas are trafficked through transnational criminal networks and end up as prostitutes in core countries.
To read more go to our Recent Articles section: Interview with Victor Malarek
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