* 12.3 million adults and children in forced labor, bonded labor, and forced prostitution around the world; 56 percent of these victims are women and girls
* $32 billion annual trade for the traffickers
* 49,105 victims identified worldwide, a 59 percent increase over the last reporting year (2008)
* Prevalence of trafficking victims in the world: 1.8 per 1,000 inhabitants (in Asia and the Pacific: 3 per 1,000)
* 4,166 successful trafficking prosecutions in 2009, a 40 percent increase over 2008
* Countries that have yet to convict a trafficker under laws in compliance with the Palermo Protocol: 62
* Countries without laws, policies, or regulations to prevent victims’ deportation: 104
* 23 countries received upgraded rankings in the 2010 TIP Report; 19 countries received downgraded rankings
* Two countries, the United States and Kiribati, are ranked for the first time in the 2010 TIP Report. source.
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SUICIDAL MIS-PIMPING: THE DNA OF EXPLOITATION (Real Talk, Whores, Hustlers, Human Trafficking, Vice, Vixens, Victimology, Freakonomics, True Crime Decoded)Pimping is in fact an extremely feminine form of militancy, not a business venture, and "The Effective Man Trap" that is the vagina is in fact an extremely ominous bio-electromagnetic transmission receptacle, not a business commodity, and many pimps who are not aware of these mortally ominous facts often suffer mortally debilitating setbacks. Much like poison, fire, and traffic safety the more that we understand about pandering and prostitution the fewer problems that we will have with them.A pimp's true core primary product is ultimately counter-demoralization, and at its core Suicidal Mis-pimping is a work of brutally honest real world insight that has been composed in the sincere interest of helping aspiring hustlers clearly and completely understand the true core internal dynamics, intricate complexities, deadly omen, and tremendous costs and consequences of engaging in pandering, prostitution and other forms of fast life and hustling.
The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today, With a New PrefaceIn this riveting book, authors and authorities on modern day slavery Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter expose the disturbing phenomenon of human trafficking and slavery that exists now in the United States. In The Slave Next Door we find that slaves are all around us, hidden in plain sight: the dishwasher in the kitchen of the neighborhood restaurant, the kids on the corner selling cheap trinkets, the man sweeping the floor of the local department store. In these pages we also meet some unexpected slaveholders, such as a 27-year old middle-class Texas housewife who is currently serving a life sentence for offences including slavery. Weaving together a wealth of voices--from slaves, slaveholders, and traffickers as well as from experts, counselors, law enforcement officers, rescue and support groups, and others--this book is also a call to action, telling what we, as private citizens, can do to finally bring an end to this horrific crime.
Trafficking in Persons Report (June 2011)The U.S. State Department released the eleventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report on June 27, 2011. Analyzing 184 governments' work in combating slavery, the Report is both the most comprehensive literature on the subject and an important strategic tool for US diplomatic efforts at increasing international efforts.
The Sunken Cathedral (A human trafficking novel)Lilya, a young girl from a derelict district in Moldova, and Makena, living with her mother in an impoverished part of Nairobi, are lured into human trafficking rings, and forced into prostitution amidst the dazzle and congestion of Soho, London. Exploited, unrecognized without the official documents their minders have stolen, they endure suffering they could never have imagined; but when they meet, they form a special bond, find imaginative ways to cope, and dream of regaining their freedom. The Sunken Cathedral explores the darker side of globalization, multiculturalism and economic migration; the perceptions of the West towards foreigners, and of foreigners towards the West. It gives expression to the horrors of sexual slavery and exploitation, and the courage of the young women who endure it, by focusing on the humanity and courage, and above all the unique inner-lives of two girls, out of the thousands embarking on journeys into hell every day.
