Reviews for The ongoing tragedy of international slavery and human trafficking

The average rating for The ongoing tragedy of international slavery and human trafficking based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-08-30 00:00:00 Scotty Helmut There is an inclination with books like this to rate on the subject matter. Were I to follow that urge, I'd be five-starring this. Human trafficking is a horrific reality that could benefit from far more attention than it is receiving. The latest surge in the peddling of flesh comes as a result of the break-up of the Soviet Union. Women from several of the former states (chiefly Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine) are flooding the market - most of them victims of cleverly-crafted advertisements for employment as maids, nannies, models and the like in foreign lands. Some are coerced by acquaintances or actual family members into taking a trip which results in a hand-off for cash. A few are kidnapped outright from buses, cars, or the side of the road as they're innocently walking home. Organized crime is a growth industry in the former Soviet republics, and it doesn't require a college degree for most of these thugs to recognize women, as a commodity, are free for the taking and lucrative in use. There is no moral compunction present on the part of the provider or the client. The johns who patronize the trade prefer to view themselves as charitably assisting the downtrodden - turning a convenient blind eye to the truth of their sex partner's inescapable captivity; a captivity through which she's been forcibly reduced to prostituting herself under threat of death, torture, starvation and abuse. This said, I think there must be a better book on the subject than the one I just read. A 5-star horror deserves 5-star treatment, which certainly didn't happen here. And this is a surprise considering Victor Malarek is a noted journalist and broadcaster. My sense, if I'm to be kind about it, is that Malarek's outrage got the best of him and this shallowed things up a bit. You can only bring so much gravitas to the table when you're sputtering, and his stridency did his writing no favor at all. In addition, his arguments are not fully developed. I got the feeling, frequently, that he was short-handing the issue in his rush to thrust home his points. And you have to build these things - fact by fact, brick by brick. It's a painstaking endeavor requiring the kind of tolerance a blistering rage simply won't supply. And so, while I absolutely recommend learning more about the issue of human trafficking in the world today, I suggest you make a better choice than I did on the road of that investigation.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-05-15 00:00:00 Michael Streit As a hardcore libertarian, I used to support the notion of legalized prostitution. However, this book made me change my mind. If the only people who did this kind of work did so by choice or through a desire to provide a service, then why bother? After all, it's not up to me to tell anyone how they should earn a living. However, this book reveals the chilling reality: prostitution is largely run by organized crime and the women who participate in it are usually nothing more than slaves. Some of the stories will break your heart or flat out disgust you. In fact, it's extremely depressing. These kind of books are extremely important, though. Prostitution is not the victimless crime libertarians try to make it out to be.