Fresh off the PR wire: New York City Man Pleads Guilty to Human Trafficking Charge. A Queens, N.Y., man was sentenced to serve 38 months in prison for attempting to recruit a Korean woman whom he believed to be a minor to work as a prostitute, the Justice Department announced today. Do Hyup Baewas also [...]
Another Reason to Fight Illegal Immigration
Mar 1, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Anybody who has read about modern human trafficking knows about its link with illegal border crossings. There is a problem with U.S. discourse on illegal immigration at many levels, one of which is how it ties to human trafficking. I see stories about human trafficking rings getting broken up by police, but I only see [...]
Human Trafficking and Sacrifice
Feb 23, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Catching up on my Tivo'ed programs this past week, I was intrigued by an episode of Nation Geographic Explorer that aired several weeks ago. It was called "The Witchcraft Murder" and covered the investigation into a boy, who was murdered and dismembered and then his torso was dumped into the Thames. With his head, arms, [...]
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