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In reply to the discussion: Looks like Maria will be back in the loving arms of her family soon [View all]whttevrr
(2,345 posts)49. This: " We need to do more in this country. There is child slavery here, too. "
It's horrific anywhere, but damn...
Sex Trafficking of Americans: The Girls Next Door
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2011/05/sex-trafficking-201105?currentPage=all
Even as celebrity activists such as Emma Thompson, Demi Moore, and Mira Sorvino raise awareness about commercial sex trafficking, survivor Rachel Lloyd publishes her memoir Girls Like Us, and the Senate introduces a new bipartisan bill for victim support, the problem proliferates across continents, in casinos, on streets, and directly into your mobile device. And, as Amy Fine Collins shows, human trafficking is much closer to home than you think; victims, younger than ever, are just as likely to be the homegrown American girl next door as illegally imported foreigners. Having gained access to victims, law-enforcement officials, and a convicted trafficker, Collins follows a major case that put to the test the federal governments Trafficking Victims Protection Act.
A 13 year old for $500...
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Then, one day in December 2003, at a sleazy motor inn on the Berlin Turnpikean 11.2-mile time-warp stretch of asphalt, lined on either side with at least 37 other no-tell motelsParis remitted Forbes $1,200, and the girls, court documents show, were his. Buying girls like livestock is not unusual. Cheryl, a gems girl, at about 14 was sold by one pimp, Love, to another pimp, Junior, for $600. The New York City Police detective Wayne Taylorconvicted in July 2008 for the attempted kidnapping of a 13-year-oldpurchased his thrall for $500 from a Brooklyn pimp partner. In fact, the price for an adolescent female slave is far lower than it was in the mid19th century, when, adjusted to todays dollar, the going rate was roughly $40,000, the price of a car.
Then, one day in December 2003, at a sleazy motor inn on the Berlin Turnpikean 11.2-mile time-warp stretch of asphalt, lined on either side with at least 37 other no-tell motelsParis remitted Forbes $1,200, and the girls, court documents show, were his. Buying girls like livestock is not unusual. Cheryl, a gems girl, at about 14 was sold by one pimp, Love, to another pimp, Junior, for $600. The New York City Police detective Wayne Taylorconvicted in July 2008 for the attempted kidnapping of a 13-year-oldpurchased his thrall for $500 from a Brooklyn pimp partner. In fact, the price for an adolescent female slave is far lower than it was in the mid19th century, when, adjusted to todays dollar, the going rate was roughly $40,000, the price of a car.
What a nightmare...
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Looks like Maria will be back in the loving arms of her family soon [View all]
Boudica the Lyoness
Oct 2013
OP
One report said she was being groomed to be a 12 year old bride for some wealthy pervert.
MADem
Oct 2013
#36
Sorry--you're losing me. Forcing 12 year olds to marry is not culture, it's child abuse,
MADem
Oct 2013
#39
Yea, but got mutliple children and they all supposedly just eat soup because they can't afford
LisaL
Oct 2013
#27
you know that booze is real cheap, pennies for liters, you know people all over the world buy
loli phabay
Oct 2013
#31
it's bizarre how much you are defending these Roma folks and their sale of children
Pretzel_Warrior
Oct 2013
#30
I find missing person's cases fascinating, to the point I volunteer to help out with the cause.
moriah
Oct 2013
#32
Yeah, I posted a Mirror article in GD instead of LBR because of that -- look at the source.
moriah
Oct 2013
#13
Here, the same information is carried by the BBC. There's not a lot of interpretation going on when
MADem
Oct 2013
#40
Here's hoping the Bulgarian authorities can help this little girl get a better life
SoCalDem
Oct 2013
#38
This: " We need to do more in this country. There is child slavery here, too. "
whttevrr
Oct 2013
#49