Saturday, April 3, 2010

Frontline - Sex Slaves

Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery



"Sex Slaves" is a gripping documentary expose inside the global sex trade in women from the former Soviet Bloc. The film takes viewers into the shadowy, multi-billion dollar world of sex trafficking. Part cinema verité, part investigation, Sex Slaves puts a human face on this most inhuman of contemporary issues. From the villages of Moldova and Ukraine, to underground brothels and discotheques in Turkey where many women are trafficked and forced into prostitution, we witness first-hand the brutal world of white sex slavery If copyright becomes an issue on this video upload, it will be deleted immediately. Please rate and comment.



THE FACTS:
SEX TRAFFICKING
SCOPE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING GLOBALLY AND NATIONALLY1
Human trafficking includes both sex trafficking and labor trafficking and is the second largest – and fastest growing criminal industry in the world.
In 2008, traffickers made $31 billion buying and selling humans. Different sources
estimate this figure to be as high as $32 billion.
The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that there are at least 12.3 million adults and children in forced labor, bonded labor, and commercial sexual servitude at any given time. Of these victims, the ILO estimates that atleast 1.39 million are victims of commercial sexual servitude, both transnational and within countries. According to the ILO, 56 percent of all forced labor victims are women and girls.
THE FACTS: SEX TRAFFICKING

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