The Hidden Slavery
"Each year, two million women and children worldwide have sex with strangers only because someone kidnaps them and threatens to kill them. You may have passed some of these victims on the street"
Wendy Murray Zoba | posted 11/01/2003 12:00AM

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Wendy Murray Zoba is a senior writer for CT. Freelance writer Susan George reported from India.
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Related Elsewhere
Also posted today "Finding the 'Real God'", an interview with a sex trafficking survivor.
Time magazine covered the sex and human trafficking trade in Portugal. (be aware that some photos may be considered offensive)
Newsweek also covered the issue.
Kevin Bales book Disposable People is available from Amazon.com and other book retailers.
The U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime has information on human trafficking on its web site.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has information on sexual exploitation on its web site.
"The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico" is available in .pdf form online.
The Salvation Army's Initiative Against Sexual Trafficking has information about its activities on its web site.
The Office on Violence Against Women has information on the Trafficking Victims' Protection Act of 2000.
Adults Saving Kids has a web site with information on prostitution and sex trafficking.
A Message on Commercial Sexual Exploitation is available on the ECLA web site.
The Coalition Against Trafficking in Women International has posted "10 Reasons for Not Legalizing Prostitution" on its web site.
Other CT articles on human trafficking, sexual exploitation, and prostitution include:
Human Commodities | The grisly business of trafficking in fetal body parts may soon face Congressional hearings. (March 6, 2000)
Christians Divide Over Sex-Worker Law | New Zealand considers decriminalizing prostitution. (Aug. 31, 2001)
Campaigner Says Churches Ignore Child Abuse | President of ECPAT accuses clergy and church workers of perpetrating child abuse. (Aug. 30, 2000)