If local police find a cache of girls from Thailand being forced to work as sex slaves in a Cleveland warehouse, they see sexually exploited victims of human trafficking in need of rescuing. If a cop drives through downtown Cleveland and sees an American girl in a short skirt approach a car, he sees a […]
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Obama order prohibits human trafficking in federal contracts
What industry earns more money than major league baseball, and the national basketball, hockey and football leagues combined? Sex trafficking and forced labor. It’s a $32 billion industry. On Sept. 25, President Obama signed an executive order prohibiting human trafficking in all federal government contracting. The order applies to federal contractors and subcontractors working in […]
Many favorite brands flunk human rights test
Are you brand loyal? Do you stick to Carter’s, Apple and Cadbury? Do you ever wonder how they produce the products you love? If you’ve never stopped to think about it, you probably don’t know what a lousy job many of your favorite brands do monitoring the conditions of people who work for companies that […]
2nd act takes woman filmmaker to China
When the sinking economy stalled her freelance advertising business, May Tchao thought, “What the heck, I’ve done it all my life, so I want to try something new.” What Tchao did was begin filming the documentary “Rise of the Phoenix,” which casts the issue of women’s rights in China in the context of the country’s […]
Get your slaves—cheap
You can own a slave for $90. You can’t even buy a coat for $90. At that dirt cheap price there must be thousands of people being sold. Millions even. So, if you want to start a sure-fire business, become a slave trader. Capture some people—particularly women and children—ship them halfway around the world and […]
Women: just pawns in the game
Mobster and human smuggler Bill Bedini was back in Albania after jumping bail in Texas. “This [is] payback to your Uncle Edmond for when I was in the United States,” he said as he beat two young women, nieces of the Albanian man who testified against him in the U.S. A human weed, Bedini kidnapped […]
