Human Trafficking

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<p>This is the only forum of educated people I belong to so here goes. I have become interested in Human Trafficking after a lecture at work about kids in Bay Area being trafficked, and an article in Time this week that said 1.2 Milliion children in India are in forced prostitution. I have two questions

  1. does anyone know a good book-preferably paperback that addresses the situation? I did see a dept of state 2010 report that I am trying to send for</p>

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<li>Does anyone know a visible, national organization working on the problem</li>
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<p>thanks
I hope to get my kid’s school involved with the issue</p>

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<p>I would advise against getting involved in human trafficking, even if you are interested in it. It is illegal.</p>

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<p>For the past two nights, ABC nightly news with Diane Sawyer has been running a story about sex trafficking (and very young girls getting into prostitution) in Portland, OR.

Since this was on primetime, national news, it’s quite a relevant and important story. Sadly, it’s not just happening in India. Go to ABC News for their complete story.</p>

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<p>Toledo ranks #4 on the list in the U.S.</p>

<p>Here’s a helpful web site:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.humantrafficking.org/[/url]”>http://www.humantrafficking.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>How about a collection of Nicholas Kristoff’s op-ed pieces on the problem? Excellent reading…</p>

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<p>[Polaris</a> Project | Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-day Slavery](<a href=“http://www.polarisproject.org/]Polaris”>http://www.polarisproject.org/)</p>

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<p>The October Readers Digest has an article on it and a woman who works for ICE who’s helping to fight it.</p>

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<p>I’d highly suggest looking into International Justice Mission. You can learn more about it at: [International</a> Justice Mission - IJM Home](<a href=“http://www.ijm.org/]International”>http://www.ijm.org/).</p>

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<p>Human Rights Watch does some work with it; if you can stomach they’re other political advocacy, they do do some good work…</p>