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________________________________ From: "smartn...@aol.com" <smartn...@aol.com> To: cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2009 3:29:01 PM Subject: [cia-drugs] modern slavery and torture - forced child prostitution modern slavery and torture - forced child prostitution from http://ritualabuse.us describes crimes of abuse and torture If This Isn’t Slavery, What Is? By Nicholas D. Kristof 1/3/09 Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Barack Obama’s presidency marks a triumph over the legacy of slavery, so it would be particularly meaningful if he led a new abolitionist movement against 21st-century slavery — like the trafficking of girls into brothels. Anyone who thinks it is hyperbole to describe sex trafficking as slavery should look at the maimed face of a teenage girl, Long Pross....The business model of forced prostitution is remarkably similar from Pakistan to Vietnam — and, sometimes, in the United States as well. Pimps use violence, humiliation and narcotics to shatter girls’ self-esteem and terrorize them into unquestioning, instantaneous obedience....The Obama administration will have a new tool to fight traffickers: the Wilberforce Act, just passed by Congress, which strengthens sanctions on countries that wink at sex slavery. Much will depend on whether Mr. Obama and Hillary Clinton see trafficking as a priority. There would be powerful symbolism in an African-American president reminding the world that the war on slavery isn’t yet over, and helping lead the 21st-century abolitionist movement. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/04/opinion/04kristof.html ________________________________ New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines.
