I was looking into Sex Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery, then got all upset

[Catherina]

I started on the Stanford Feminism > Human Trafficking page which led me to

News & Updates

How to End Sex Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery
January 08, 2012
An interview with Siddharth Kara, fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and one of the world’s foremost experts on human trafficking and modern day slavery, covers the evolution of Kara’s anti-trafficking efforts, and the current landscape of these issues, challenges and opportunities to making progress.

Kara is the author of the award-winning book, “Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery,” the first of three books he is writing on the subjects of human trafficking and contemporary slavery. “Sex Trafficking” was named co-winner of the prestigious 2010 Frederick Douglass Award at Yale University for the best non-fiction book on slavery. Kara also currently advises the United Nations, the U.S. Government, and several other governments on antislavery research, policy and law.

See Siddharth Kara’s full interview.

http://www.humantrafficking.org/updates/879

and followed the link to the Forbes article. At the end of the article, there was a link to the author's site http://blog.rahimkanani.com/ and there it was, in black and white

Consultant, World Bank Institute


I'm thoroughly disgusted now.

The reason I was looking for material is because a lot of women and children get trafficked through Guatemala and one of the women I had over for lunch yesterday is trying to set up a small center to do whatever it is we can.

The government only has 10 agents for the WHOLE country and they can't make a dent in the flourishing trade here. Child sex tourism is on the rise. They're kidnapping young girls and boys from neighboring countries and taking them to the states. Some are left here in really seedy joints to service the tourists.

I found out it's happening in my peaceful, sleepy little town too There's a man they'e got their eye on who has a lot of very young girl servants who are doing more than cleaning his floors. He *entertains* a lot tourists too. One of the girls now works for the lady who wants to open the new center. It's a dicey situation and I offered to help her set things up.

The problem I'm running into is that there aren't a lot of resources down here. Covenant House (NY) used to have a branch here for that but they closed due to lack of funds. The government doesn't care enough about the problem. We're on our own.

Can anyone here recommend any good organizations I can go to for help? Most of the victims are girls and young women whose only crime is to be poor and defenseless. I'll keep looking but we appreciate any help, any advice.