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Paybacks: People being good to people

Posted by Georgia Ann Mullen on January 31, 2010  | Leave a comment (0)

Many touching stories about the lost and found have emerged from the crumbled ruins of Haiti. One such story concerns payback time—in a good way.
When American writer Ben Skinner was in Haiti researching his book, A Crime So Monstrous, he interviewed Bill Nathan, a former child slave who now runs an orphanage for former child [...]

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Human trafficking: the new drug trafficking

Posted by Georgia Ann Mullen on January 28, 2010  | Leave a comment (0)

Human trafficking is the world’s fastest growing unlawful industry. This year it is predicted to surpass the illegal drug trade, making it the world’s leading criminal activity.
So say articles by Evens Sanon, Jonathan Katz and Megan McAdams in The Progress Report http://www.progress.org/2009/slavers.htm.
The United Nations defines human trafficking as “The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt [...]

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