This week you probably heard about the woman arrested at Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut on human trafficking charges. She was on America’s Most Wanted in November 2010 and November 2006, wanted for being part of a large human trafficking ring involving at least 41 traffickers. They are accused of running at least 19 brothels [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Southeast Asia’
Radiohead Video raises awareness
Posted: May 9, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Child Slavery, Fair Trade, human trafficking, modern day slavery, slavery, Southeast Asia, Sweat Free
Radioheads video for the song, “All I Need” looks at the parallel lives of a boy in a western, comfortable situation, which we would consider normal and healthy, and a boy in a southeast Asian country, making the other boys shoes. It’s incredible to see the many resources available, and the many news articles and [...]
Girls for Sale by Nicholas Kristof
Posted: May 9, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: human trafficking, modern day slavery, prostitution, Southeast Asia
This article, another written by Nicholas Kristof (subscribe to his blog! http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/) back in 2004, found through purchasing the time of a prostitute that she was actually a slave. Through their time, she admitted that the life she was living was hell, and why wouldn’t she want to leave. In my experience in Pattaya and [...]
Bargaining for Freedom, by Nicholas Kristof
Posted: May 9, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: human trafficking, modern day slavery, prostitution, Southeast Asia
In the previous column, Kristof decided to purchase the freedom of two prostitutes in Cambodia. One girls’ freedom was set at $150, the others’ at $70. The first purchase went well, but when he got to the second the price had ballooned to $400. What will the girls’ face when they return to their villages? Will [...]
