Slavery still in the U.S.? It's more common than you think!
7/6/2007 8:00:00 AM By David E. Smith, IFI Executive Director
Detroit man sentenced to 14 years in prison for enslaving women in area clubs. Sex slave ring included three Chicago-area men.
On June 26, 2007, a Michigan man pled guilty to bringing women to the U.S. and forcing them to work as strippers or otherwise face reporting to immigration authorities and deportation.
Along with the physical and sexual abuse, the club owners imposed upon the dancers thousands of dollars of debt that had to be paid with money made stripping. According to many former dancers who have left the industry, debt is a very common means by which club owners gain control over a girl's life. CLICK HERE to read more about this particular offense.
Slavery -- also known as human trafficking -- is a still a serious problem in the world. The United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, defines it as:"The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of threat or use of force or other vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation." You may be surprised to learn that over 800,000 people are trafficked every year, and about 80 percent of them are women, with half being children. The U.S. State Department estimates that 14,500-17,500 people are trafficked into the United States annually.
The Department of Justice and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children both recognize that pornography is an element that adds to the serious problem of sex trafficking. Many traffickers are found with filming equipment and cameras to create and sell pornography. Increasingly, pornographers are seeking younger and younger girls and boys for their films and pictures; thus, they have to go where the children are unprotected and vulnerable to capture.
Still believe that pornography is a victimless crime?
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Evil men don't understand the importance of justice,
but those who follow the Lord are much concerned about it.
~Proverbs 28:5
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