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sabrina 1

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21. Yes, I understand that the sex trade is the worst and they do deal with that also.
Sun Feb 19, 2012, 05:45 PM
Feb 2012

I believe they try to work with the governments whenever possible in order to try to stop it. In Thailand, eg, many of the abandoned poverty stricken children they are rescuing do end up in the sex trade. I see they have raised over $2 million to help those children and the government doesn't particularly like the embarrassment of being seen as IN the sex trade even if they would like to ignore it.

The thought of some of those tourist PIGS on those young girls makes me ill everytime I think about it.


Yes, it is stomach turning and one of the few things that make me want to resort to pitchforks.

And it is happening right here in the US. Immigrants being brought to the US and trafficked for sex. It truly is sickening.

http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=23676&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1010

January 2008 — In New Jersey, several Honduran women to worked as sex slaves and were beaten and threatened with deportation if they tried to escape. The women were smuggled into the country and forced to work up to seven nights a week at bars to pay the debt. Noris Elvira Rosales-Martinez, Jose Dimas Magana, and Ana Luz Rosales-Martinez, pled guilty to human trafficking and they received the maximum sentences for their crimes. (Jersey Journal, January 05, 2008)


These are only the ones they catch though. In Phoenix a similar human trafficking operation was exposed about a year ago and authorities there said there is a huge trade in human beings in that city and it is almost impossible to find all of them. They keep people in what look like ordinary homes under horrendous conditions. Many of them children.

There really is such a thing as 'evil' imo. And this is it if anything is.






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whatever you do, stay away from y-wam (youth with a mission) and anybody who associates niyad Feb 2012 #1
Thanks for the heads up. Catherina Feb 2012 #3
off topic but, the recs count are seven (at this time) and when I click on it, Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #4
I thought of posting it in GD but I really wanted a Feminist perspective on this first Catherina Feb 2012 #7
I understand Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #10
The America thing still cracks me up Catherina Feb 2012 #11
was that rec count thing addressed to me? if there is a bug, I have no idea, since I only clicked niyad Feb 2012 #15
yeah, your name is appearing twice on my computer. is it on yours? Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #16
bizarre--yes, showing up twice on mine, as well. something must have happened when my computer niyad Feb 2012 #17
'The Government only has ten agents' sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #2
Yes. Shocking but not surprising Catherina Feb 2012 #5
Okay, I thought that is what you meant. About a year ago we were invited to a talk sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #8
NotForSale looks promising Catherina Feb 2012 #13
Actually, she worked for Not For Sale while in college. sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #18
Servants are part of the culture here Catherina Feb 2012 #20
Yes, I understand that the sex trade is the worst and they do deal with that also. sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #21
I read your link Catherina Feb 2012 #22
"There are more than 30 million slaves in the world today, more than at any other point in history" Catherina Feb 2012 #14
Here is a link to the story of the woman I met. She is from Thailand. sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #19
“Let’s go. I’m taking you out of here.” Catherina Feb 2012 #23
I was so impressed with her. She is so dignified, very gracious, and seems sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #24
Sex trafficking is a big problem, I've heard. yardwork Feb 2012 #6
Yes! That's just the sort of stuff I'm looking for Catherina Feb 2012 #9
I'm glad it was helpful and I will get more! yardwork Feb 2012 #12
Thanks for the link Lisa D Feb 2012 #25
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