|
LONDON, England (CNN) -- The plight of women and children being sold into sex slavery around the world is being highlighted as part of International Women's Day.
An estimated two million women and children are sold into the sex trade every year, the U.S. research group Protection Project states.
Launching a report by the group, U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski described the sex trade as "a repugnant and despicable practice that has no place in the 21st century."
She said: "No human being anywhere in the world should be regarded as a commodity."
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton sponsored a law last year toughening the penalty for human trafficking.
Trafficking in young girls
The ground-breaking law offers protection and an opportunity for permanent residency for victims who testify against those who enslave them.
Calls for similar laws to be introduced in Europe are also being made to coincide with International Women's Day.
Up to 120,000 women are smuggled into western Europe, mainly from central and eastern Europe, and forced into prostitution.
A report by the Protection Project, based at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Maryland, has documented the rising trends in the sex slave trade.
It says more than 15,000 women are trafficked into the United States every year, many of them young girls from Mexico.
The project also claims that Asian women are sold to brothels in North America for $16,000 each.
Almost 200,000 girls from Nepal, many of them under the age of 14, are working as sex slaves in India.
An estimated 10,000 women from the former Soviet Union have been forced into prostitution in Israel.
The Thai government reports that 60,000 Thai children have been sold into prostitution.
As many as 10,000 children aged between six and 14 are virtually enslaved in brothels in Sri Lanka.
Some 20,000 women and children from Burma have been forced into prostitution in Thailand.
The project also says that of 155 cases of forced prostitution brought before the courts in The Netherlands, only four resulted in convictions of the traffickers.
The Protection Project is compiling a database on laws on trafficking, forced prostitution, slavery and debt bondage in 190 independent states and 63 dependencies.
CNN.com Report
Copy & paste to friend: (Click inside box; Ctrl + C to copy; Ctrl + V to paste)
|
|
read more blogs!
Blogs by dizzydoll:
|
|
|
|
| ... Sex Slavery: The Growing Trade ... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Blaiserboy
|
Oct 29 @ 12:13PM
|
|
The price for freedom in the United States can be as high as $40,000.
My question is....... this is public information. so why do we allow it..?
What is preventing us from stomping on this issue with both feet.?
|
|
dizzydoll
|
Oct 29 @ 12:17PM
|
|
How its done:
Excepts from a video showing the Sex Trade
|
|
luneib
|
Oct 29 @ 12:27PM
|
|
|
It's so sad for the women who want a better life and are promised jobs, then to find out they are someone's slave and there is no where for them to run to.
|
|
dizzydoll
|
Oct 29 @ 12:28PM
|
|
Yash provide this information:
The Unites States and most others countries have had these type of laws on the books for decades the problem is not the lack of laws but the lack of enforcement of their own laws.
195 countries, all the UN can do is ask all of it's members to sign on and not participate but even the UN itself has no enforcement authority.
Do we now need a WPO A world police organization run my the UN
Are There Really 4 Million Child Porn Sites?
Posted on September 20, 2009 by filteringfacts
Last week, a report by the United Nations released a jaw-dropping statistic, reported by the AP and elsewhere:
The number of Web sites containing child pornography is increasing and more images show serious abuses, a U.N. expert said Wednesday. More than 4 million Web sites worldwide show images of children being sexually exploited, said the U.N. investigator on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Najat M’jid Maalla. “There is an increase in the number of sites recorded,” she told the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, citing research by the U.K.-industry group Internet Watch Foundation. http://filteringfacts.org/2009/09/20/4-million-child-porn-sites/
They cannot even agree on the numbers some have said there maybe 4 million images but 4 million websites and these people like most have no real training...
UN expert: child porn on Internet increases
By ELIANE ENGELER, Associated Press Writer Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The number of Web sites containing child pornography is increasing and more images show serious abuses, a U.N. expert said Wednesday.
More than 4 million Web sites worldwide show images of children being sexually exploited, said the U.N. investigator on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Najat M'jid Maalla.
"There is an increase in the number of sites recorded," she told the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, citing research by the U.K.-industry group Internet Watch Foundation.
"The number of images showing serious exploitation quadrupled between 2003 and 2007, showing abject images of brutal rape, bondage, oral sex and other forms of debasement," Maalla said. She did not give precise figures.
Over 750,000 people are using child porn sites at any time, said Maalla, a Moroccan medical doctor who was appointed to the unpaid U.N. post last year.
Internet chat rooms have become the main method for child abusers to recruit children, she told the 47-nation council.
A study by the U.S. National Center on Missing and Exploited Children found 83 percent of people who had child pornography possessed images of children aged 6 to 12 years old, 39 percent had images of children between the ages of 3 and 5, and 19 percent had images of children younger than 3 years old, she said.
Maalla urged international cooperation to stop the child pornography industry, which she estimated to be worth between $3 billion and $20 billion. She recommended countries share information on sites containing child pornography in order to block them faster.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/16/international/i101255D46.DTL#ixzz0UgSVd7DG
.
|
|
dizzydoll
|
Oct 29 @ 12:33PM
|
|
leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and...
leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and...
leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and...
leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and...
leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and...
leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and...
leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and...
leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and...
leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and...
leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and...
leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and...
leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and...
leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and...
leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and leaders talk and...
SO WHEN DO YOU THINK THE TALKING END AND THE DOING BEGIN ?
|
|
Blaiserboy
|
Oct 29 @ 12:36PM
|
|
The worst part of the problem..... there is not sufficient legislation to allow law enforcement to do their job effectively....
Because this activity is hidden, it will take special legislation to counter it, for some reason politicians have been reluctant to enact what is necessary. And that may well be because there have been abuses of power by police forces many times in the past..
Both areas are serious problems....!!
|
|
dizzydoll
|
Oct 29 @ 12:44PM
|
|
Now you getting the picture. None of us should sleep well at night 
|
|
Blondino
|
Oct 29 @ 12:58PM
|
|
None of us should sleep well at night nope none of us ... its all over the world
FBI, police rescue 52 children in series of prostitution raids
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/10/27/fbi_police_rescue_52_children_in_series_of_prostitution_raids/
WASHINGTON - The FBI said yesterday that it had rescued 52 children in a series of raids across the country aimed at underage prostitution.
The youngest victim was just 10 years old, authorities said. The bureau and local police officials also arrested 60 pimps during the three-day enforcement effort in 36 cities.
The raids are the latest in a long-running effort, Operation Cross Country, aimed at child prostitution rings around the country. Almost 1,600 agents and officers took part in the raids, which led to federal and state charges against a total of 691 suspects.
The investigations typically target places where minors are likely to be sold for sex, including truck stops, casinos, public streets, and Internet websites.
off with their nads 
|
|
Blondino
|
Oct 29 @ 1:03PM
|
|
|
Documentary examines U.S. child sex trade
By Michelle Nichols
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Filmmaker Libby Spears wanted to make a documentary about the sexual exploitation of kids in Asia and Latin America, but that changed when she discovered that child sex trafficking is a big problem in the United States.
"Playground," which premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, looks at the child sex trade in the United States and discrepancies in laws and the perception of the exploitation of foreign and U.S. children.
"We have laws in this country that protect international victims of sex trafficking and don't have laws that protect domestic victims, but that's just starting to change," Spears told Reuters in a recent interview
"Here (in the United States) when it's a 12-year-old girl they like to call it prostitution, they like to call her a prostitute, when that's not accurate," said Spears, who hopes her film will raise awareness and help push policy change. "There needs to be more resources for these kids long term."
The film quotes figures from the group End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT), which says U.S. citizens account for 25 percent of child sex tourists worldwide.
The international group also says 300,000 U.S. children are at risk of being forced into the sex trade.
.
Playground Film On Child Sex Slaves
|
|
amvet
|
Oct 29 @ 1:33PM
|
|
|
Very informative blog. Only one subject and one that demands the utmost attention by everyone, but lets not forget that child molestation and abuse is only restricted to the female species. This blog should get more hits than your last one but it won't and that is sad. I wonder how many people, that will read this blog, have been molested as a child by a family member of someone, and it still remains un reported.
|
|
tentfire
|
Oct 29 @ 1:55PM
|
|
Very informative blog!
I haven't read all the comments yet, but what I DON'T see in the blog part is anything about the number of children in the US that are sold/rented out/prostituted by their OWN parents for their parents' drugs. It is absolutely HORRIFYING how much of this is going on right here in the US, all for money to get drugs for the parents or just the drugs. The parent goes to the dealer....dealer hands them some drugs.... they hand them the child for a "sleep over." Sometimes these kids aren't even in school yet, they are so young. 
|
|
Blaiserboy
|
Oct 29 @ 1:56PM
|
|
Take action
http://actioncenter.polarisproject.org/
|
|
CHARLIgurl1
|
Oct 29 @ 2:02PM
|
|
Great blog.
I think Blondino said it best.
off with their nads  
|
|
Hooks
|
Oct 29 @ 2:30PM
|
|
Most embassys in a country keep a list of companies/people that have been proven to be a scam of whatever type. The problem is that hardly anyone knows this, and there isn't always a rush to keep this information current. For those that are trying to go to another country to work, and have been told that they are going to have to be secretive, they would not contact a government office anyway. There are list for "dating scammers" but no one has set about to do the same for these types. As an individual, or individual group, it would be difficult to put together a list of suspected flesh trading, but if all the countries (or most) would agree to having an agency set up to report to, then it would be feasable. If the information were readily available on the internet of people, and businesses that were suspected, or convicted of working in the sex slave trade, then a lot less people would fall victim.
I'll talk about the one that I have helped work against, and that is the "Nanny Scam." They kind of lump the nanny, and housekeeper scam together since they both work the same way. You see and ad, or get an email that a company is looking for a nannies for their clints in the US, UK, or somewhere in Europe. It can be a couple, a widow, or widower that is going to bring an honest young woman to their home, and pay them a great sum of money, feed and house them. There are two ways this works, if it is only a sex slave thing, they ask for very little from you up front financially. The other way is a double whammy, they ask for a deposit, and money for them to get your visa, and plane fare, all done at a discounted rate for you. You will be provided an email for the company, and for the people they will place you with, and pictures of the adorable children. The amount they ask for varies depending where you are, and what they think you can afford or raise. Once they have you committed, and you have sent them some money, they put you up for sale to people in the sex trade. The first group gets all your money plus whatever fee they can from the second group, and the second group then gets you some paperwork, and a plane ticket or whatever is needed to get you out of your country. It's almost a good thing if you just lose your money to them in the scam, and they don't end up selling you to a trader.
This is big business, and they go to elaborate measures to make it look legitimate! One would just have to believe that certian people in official capacities in some of these countries are helping them. 
|
|
ElmerFudd445
|
Oct 29 @ 6:33PM
|
|
The Slave trade which also involves children is made even more difficult as it is socially acceptable in some countries  .. Until the world can come together to solve this situation, it will not be easy to stamp out...
The fist step we should be pushing is to educate the countries where this is a common and accepted practice..
Thank you for the education!
|
|
Wing_Zero_75
|
Oct 29 @ 8:19PM
|
|
I have an honest question for you Dizzy. Lets say women were to suddenly rule the world. All of it. Would the sex trade stop? How many women now are either running their own little shows (business) or are a part of it. I am not talking out of fear, but for the money. No matter who is in charge, women or men, the sex trade will still flourish. How many women would look the other way if they were handed half a million? You have to realize, those who grasp for power are the last ones in the world who should get it. Those are the type of people who turn their heads for a price. Power corrupts absolutely.
I do have a solution to this problem and every other problem facing mankind. The human genocide. For as long as there is money to be made, mankind will never stop unless dead.
Larry
|
|
lucy8
|
Oct 29 @ 10:22PM
|
|
|
The human genocide
YES.a man can be far lower than animals, and a man can be far higher than gods. Man has infinite potentiality.
SO WHEN DO YOU THINK THE TALKING END AND THE DOING BEGIN ?
|
|
Borty
|
Oct 30 @ 6:06AM
|
|
I saw a documentry about immigrants comming to Canada. One lady said she was about to be sold into prostitution by her Mother and Father ..so she somehow got out of Nigeria and made it to Canada. She was one of the lucky ones and she is presently going to school and doing well now and has successfully obtained landed immigrant status
Can you imagine your own parents forcing you into prostitution...gives me the creeps...  .
|
|
dizzydoll
|
Oct 30 @ 6:10AM
|
|
Its too terrible Borty... my heart cries for these kids. As adults we are failing them miserably 
|
|
ttomtarr
|
Oct 30 @ 7:27AM
|
|
Borty, I can see your own parents helping you get an immigration card out of a cesspool and into a rich nation and free education.
I can see those who own industry, media, and government encouraging the entry of cheap foreign labor (google africans replacing Canadien loggers).
Try NOT to believe what you see in the media.
|
|
dizzydoll
|
Oct 30 @ 8:03AM
|
|
Hi Tom 
Try NOT to believe what you see in the media.
and dig a deeper hole as we savor our denial 
|
|
lucy8
|
Oct 30 @ 10:12AM
|
|
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egQJbXLdz-0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82Y2e-valK4
|
|
lucy8
|
Oct 30 @ 10:40AM
|
|
...........live with them for twenty minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xISFxedkhl8
|
|
dizzydoll
|
Nov 1 @ 11:35AM
|
|
Its shocking Lucy, the world is sick preferring to think of the cost of preventing child sex slavery than saving their souls 
|
|
Roverboy
|
Nov 7 @ 10:28PM
|
|
This is why I'm not in law-enforcement or politics:
I don't stand for the abuse of women/children, and to me, the ONLY sufficient punishment, is death. Not just death, but a very slow and painful let the world hear you scream in agony, type of death. Tie the bastards to the ground bare naked in the burning summer desert sun. Leeches, rats picking at limbs, fire ants, heck - throw in a rattlesnake or two as well, and of course the vultures. Then, let the families of the victims - or even the victims themselves, offer up their own revenge in the manner in which they choose. Anything that's left after that gets a bullet in the head at point-blank range AFTER having white phosphorous poured into their wounds, and then set afire.. 
THAT is a fitting punishment.
However, the liberals that rule the USA these days seem to think that a death penalty by itself is a bit harsh, let alone the rest of my punishment.
...guess they know better than I do... 
|
|
dizzydoll
|
Nov 15 @ 7:34AM
|
|
|
"See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you, that their angels in heaven continually behold the face of My Father who is in heaven." Matt.18:10.
|
|
|