Stop Trafficking ! Anti- Newsletter Awareness March 2013 Vol. 11 No. 3 This issue highlights how the demand for commercial sex Advocacy increases the trafficking of women and children and opens the door to globalized crime rings. Action Sponsored by the: Sisters of the Divine Savior

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‘Demand’ Needs Attention In the past ten years, the focus of anti-trafficking activity has been on victim rescue, rehabilitation, and restoration (supply). In addition, law enforcement activity has focused on investigation, arrest, prosecu- 2 tion, and successful conviction of traffickers (distribution). Very little attention and few programs have attended to the ‘demand side of human trafficking’. (http://www.globalcenturion.org/) Demand: Women Trafficked to Europe With the end of the Cold War, a large number of laborers of all sorts moved number of small groups handle the from Eastern to Western Europe. Some of these laborers were or became sex bulk of the trade. workers and not all came voluntarily. In 2005-06, 51% of human trafficking Overall, it appears that about 3 mil- victims detected in Europe were from the Balkans or the former Soviet Union, in lion Latin Americans are smuggled particular Romania, Bulgaria, Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the Republic illegally across the southern border of of Moldova. Now this appears to be changing as women trafficked from other the USA annually. Since 90% are as- parts of the world are more prominent. sisted by smugglers, the income for the In many instances, women, some of whom may have once been victims them- smugglers is about $7 billion per year. selves, play an important role in exploiting the victims. The traffickers are often This market appears to have been in of the same nationality as the victim, although there are exceptions. The tech- sharp decline since 2005. Between niques used to recruit victims seem to vary by source country. In Eastern Europe 2005 and 2008, the number of Mexi- victims may be collected through employment agencies, while in West Africa, can apprehensions decreased by 35% family and social networks are utilized. As a general rule, groups engaging in and apprehensions of other nationals trafficking for sexual exploitation are small, although there are exceptions. The decreased by 62%. (UN Report, pg. 4) Report estimates that there are 140,000 trafficking victims in Europe, generat- ing a gross annual income of US$3 billion for their exploiters. With an average Demand: period of exploitation of two years, this would suggest over 70,000 new entries every year. The trend appears to be stable. (UN Report, pg. 3) Online Child Porn With regard to cybercrime, the In- Demand: Smuggling to the US for ‘Jobs’ ternet has allowed identity theft, and With regard to migrant smuggling, the two most prominent flows are workers transnational trafficking, such as the going from Africa to Europe and from Latin America to North America. trade in child pornography, to vastly The USA hosts the second-largest Spanish-speaking population in the world, increase in scope. Online identity theft including more than nine million people born in Mexico. Over a third of the is still far less common than other population speaks Spanish in the border states of CA, TX and NM. Combined forms of the crime, but the potential is with the fact that some 150 million Latin Americans live on less than $2 per much greater, and appears to be most day, this expatriate population exerts a powerful pull on the poorer states to the advanced in the USA in terms of both south. Mexican immigrants can greatly improve their standard of living with- victims and perpetrators. out having to master a new language or leave behind their cultural group. As a Until recently, the production and result, an estimated 80% of the illegal immigrant population in the USA is from acquisition of child pornography were Latin America. Most clandestine entrants to the USA are Mexican, 90% of whom highly risky activities. Only a limited are assisted by professional smugglers. Some 88% of the total 792,000 migrants number of pedophiles had access to apprehended in 2008 were Mexican nationals. the facilities to produce hard copy ma- Although migrants have been detected traveling by rail, on foot and even using terials; most materials were produced dedicated tunnels, most of the migrants are smuggled in trucks. The smuggling by amateurs; and their dissemination generally takes the migrants some distance from the border. Smuggled migrants was limited to social networks that may be collected in “stash houses”, either before the crossing or once inside were both difficult to establish and the USA. The smugglers group the migrants in these houses in order to receive fragile. In a Cybertip.ca study, the the rest of the smuggling fee. This is normally paid by migrants’ relatives in the majority of victims appeared to be un- country of origin or in the USA. While delaying payment until the crossing is der the age of eight, with many of the complete provides some security that migrants will not simply be dumped in most severe images featuring babies the desert, it also transforms the migrants into hostages, the collateral on which and toddlers. Commercial sites were the transaction is secured. In Mexico, non-Mexican migrants have been held for more likely to show these very young ransom as well. While some sophisticated operations have been detected, a large Child Porn cont. pg. 4 Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter 11/3

derdevelopment – it is essential to Awareness strengthen security and the rule of law. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are an effective an- tidote to crime. Peace building and labor, firearms, wild animal parts, peacekeeping make fragile regions knock-off goods, hardwoods and child less prone to the conflict and fighting pornography. The consumption of crime stops those who would profit these goods apparently carries little from instability. 3 moral stigma, and little chance of ap- 5. Since criminals are motivated by prehension, in the circles where the profit, the key is to go after their UN Report cont. from pg. 1 consumers operate. To deal with these money. That means strengthening Despite the gravity of the threat, markets, creative solutions are needed, integrity by implementing the UN organized crime is poorly understood. drawing on techniques not necessarily Convention against Corruption. It There is a lack of information on found in the law enforcement toolkit. also means stopping informal money transnational criminal markets and Whether driven by markets or transfers (hawala), offshore bank- trends. This first-ever Transnational groups, in almost every instance, these ing, and recycling through real estate, Organized Crime Threat Assessment problems are transcontinental. Drugs which makes it possible to launder fills the knowledge gap and paves the link South America and Asia to North money. In particular, governments way for future world crime reports. It America and Europe. People are traf- and financial institutions should im- focuses on trafficking flows, connects ficked and smuggled from one end of plement Article 52 of the anti-corrup- the dots between regions, and gives a the earth to the other. Commercial tion Convention that requires Parties global overview of illicit markets. flows in raw materials and manufac- to know their customers, determine What is striking about the global map tured goods are truly globalized, the the beneficial owners of funds and of trafficking routes is that most illicit illicit along with the licit. Thus, what prevent banking secrecy from protect- flows go to and/or emanate from ma- happens in the Andean countries has ing proceeds from crime. jor economic powers (the G8 and the an impact on South, Central and North 6. There must be filters in trade. In the BRIC –Brazil, Russia, India, China). America, West Africa and Europe. And past two decades, insufficient regula- In other words, the world’s biggest what happens in any of these regions tion and unchecked growth, together trading partners are also the world’s affects the Andean region as well.... with the Internet and free trade zones, biggest markets for illicit goods and 1. Since crime has gone global, purely have enabled abuse of the economic services. Though a logical consequence national responses are inadequate by and financial systems. Today, greater of the increase in trade volume, it also only displacing the problem from one vigilance is needed to keep illicit reflects the extent to which the under- country to another. goods out of the supply chain; prevent world has become inextricably linked 2. States have to look beyond borders the diversion of licit products into to the global economy, and vice versa, to protect their sovereignty. In the the black market; strengthen anti- through the illicit trade of legal prod- past, they have jealously guarded corruption measures; profile suspi- ucts (like natural resources), or the their territory. In the contemporary cious container and air traffic; crack use of established banking, trade and globalized world, this approach makes down on cybercrime; and exercise due communications networks (financial states more, rather than less vulner- diligence (for example, in banking centers, shipping containers, the In- able. If police stop at borders while and real estate). ternet) that move growing amounts of criminals cross them freely, sover- International cooperative action is illicit goods and thus profit crime. It is eignty is already breached – actually, developing and progress is necessary also shocking how far many smuggled it is surrendered to those who break and inevitable. The control of crime products, and people, travel before the law. Therefore, trans-border intel- must be seen as part of the larger they reach their destination. ligence sharing and law enforcement project of global governance. Global- Corruption, coercion and white-collar cooperation are essential. ization has progressed faster than our collaborators (in private and public 3. Since transnational organized crime collective ability to regulate it. It is in sectors) lower risk to international ma- is driven by market forces, counter- the unregulated areas created by this fias, making transnational crime one measures must disrupt those markets disjuncture that organized crime op- of the most sophisticated and profit- and not just the criminal groups that portunities have grown. Bringing the able businesses. exploit them. Otherwise, new crimi- rule of law to the international flow Most of the trafficking flows exam- nals will simply fill the void and new of goods and services is essential if ined in the Report are the product of routes will be found. the problems of organized crime are market forces, rather than the plotting 4. Since traffickers follow the paths to be uprooted. Local efforts are key, of dedicated criminal groups. Demand of least resistance – characterized but will only serve to displace the flow UN Report cont. pg. 4 exists for drugs, , cheap by corruption, instability and un- Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter 11/3

Awareness through peer-to-peer networks. The share of websites that are commercial seems to vary dramatically by jurisdic- tion, probably based on the likelihood of being prosecuted. Global Hot Spots This is not to minimize the impor- tance of the problem. Amateur produc- 4 of ‘Demand’ ers may victimize children opportunis- tically (including their own offspring) Global Centurion is an organization abortions/feticide, abandonment, and and publicize the results. Because the dedicated to targeting the demand infanticide. Consequently, many mil- victims and the offenders are so often in human trafficking. They highlight lions of girls are missing and experts related in some way, and because most on their website various areas of the estimate that in this generation alone, of the exchange appears to take place world where demand fuels a grow- over 37 million men will not find part- between fellow offenders, most of the ing trend in human trafficking. These ners. Experts fear that this will gener- production seems to take place in the areas include: ate a demand for trafficked women consumer countries. Research on the • US: Sporting events and girls — demand that will be met ethnicity of the victims suggests few • Nevada: Legalized Prostitution from countries like North Korea, Viet- are from Africa, Asia or Latin America. • Mexico: Child Sex Exploitation nam, Myanmar, Mongolia, Thailand The USA holds the largest national • Brazil: Child Sex Tourism; and elsewhere. In some provinces in share of the domains related to child • Germany, the Netherlands: China, reports are already surfacing pornography that are detected by Legalized Commercial Sex of young women and girls bought and groups like the Internet Watch Foun- • Israel, the Middle East, and the sold multiple times, shared by many dation and Cybertip.ca, but the USA Gulf States: Forced Sexual men in one village, and subjected to also has by far the largest number Exploitation sexual exploitation, labor exploitation, of domains of all sorts. The Russian • India: Brothels and domestic servitude (sometimes a Federation also figures prominently • Sri Lanka: Beach Boy Sex Tourism combination of all three). Consequent- in these assessments. Of course, the • Cambodia: Child Sex Tourism by ly, China’s one child policy is creating location of the offenders may be differ- Pedophiles the next tsunami of demand. ent than the location of the domains • South Korea: Military R & R For the complete commentary, go to: they use – this is one advantage of the • Caribbean: Child Domestic Slaves http://www.globalcenturion.org/ transnational nature of the Internet In Haiti, an estimated 250,000 chil- programs/researchanddevelopment/ for those selling child pornography. dren (80% girls) are subjected to a sys- mapping-hubs-of-demand/ Although there have been multi- tem of unpaid domestic slavery. Called billion dollar estimates of the size of “restavèk” (Creole meaning “one who Child Porn cont. from pg. 2 the child pornography industry, the stays with”), such children, generally children than non-commercial sites. existing data do not support an esti- from rural areas, are prone to abuse One of the risks associated with mate of more than $1 billion globally, and rape by their host families. the growth of the Internet is that the with US$250 million likely a better ap- The “restavèks” vulnerability is in- greater accessibility of child pornog- proximation. Clearly, child pornogra- timately linked with poverty. Haitian raphy could lead to greater demand, phy is not a crime that can be reduced unemployment stands at 70% nation- and thus greater profitability in the to a dollar figure. (UN Report, pg. 13) ally with 78% of Haitians living on production and sale of these materials. less than $2 a day. Following natural If child pornography were to approach disasters, such as the Haitian earth- UN Report cont. from pg. 3 the profitability of adult pornography, quake and flood of 2012, is a height- until a coordinated global approach this could attract the attention of orga- ened demand for the domestic services allows each flow to be scrutinized for nized crime groups and lead to greater of ever-more vulnerable children. vulnerabilities and the weak link in levels of victimization, especially in de- • China: Gendercide the chain to be identified. In every veloping countries. To date, this threat China’s one child policy has created instance, there are likely points of does not appear to have been realized. severe gender imbalances where boys insertion that have been overlooked Although some large-scale commer- outnumber girls by a significant mar- simply because no one was examining cial websites have been detected, most gin. Because of a long-standing prefer- all aspects of the problem and the way of the traffic in these materials appears ence for sons, parents have actively they interact to create transnational to occur on a voluntary basis between engaged in gender-based selective criminal markets. (UN Report, pg. 18) amateur collectors, increasingly Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter 11/3 Awareness Porn Fuels In December 2011, a federal jury in Mi- ami convicted two defendants on charges of sex trafficking. The charges spanned from 2006 through mid-2011, during which time, the defendants perpetrated a cruel fraud luring aspiring models to Miami, FL, by promising them an oppor- tunity to audition for modeling roles that never existed. Once the victims arrived in 5 Helpful Information In Miami, one defendant would instruct them to perform an audition for a purported Fighting ‘Demand’ alcoholic beverage commercial. During this In an article in the Protection Proj- ‘Demand’ plays a large part in all purported audition, the victims were asked ect’s Journal of Human Rights and forms of human trafficking. To date to promote and drink different brands of alcohol, while he filmed. Civil Society Laura Lederer compiled most of the efforts against human Unbeknownst to the victims, the alcoholic trafficking have been through govern- an annotated review of books, articles, beverages the trafficker provided them laws, law enforcement actions, codes ments and social service agencies, not were laced with benzodiazepines, a com- of conduct, organizations, and projects through the private sector. Yet, it is mon date rape drug. Once the drugs had that focus on addressing ‘demand’ for the private sector that reaps economic taken effect, he would drive the victims to commercial sex services, forced labor, benefits from labor trafficking of both the other defendant, who had sex with the and human organs and tissue. Two workers and the goods they produce. victims while being filmed. The defendants excerpts follow: Jonathan Todres, in an article enti- then edited, produced, and sold the footage C. A. MacKinnon, in an article tled “The Private Sector’s Pivotal Role of the sex acts over the Internet and to porn stores and businesses all across the entitled “Trafficking, Prostitution, in Combating Human Trafficking,” country. (http://www.justice.gov/usao/fls/ (California Law Review Circuit 3, 2012: 80) and Inequality,” (Harvard Civil Rights- PressReleases/120217-03.html) Civil Liberties Law Review 46, 2011: 271) argues that the private sector should argues against the legalization of be used in the fight against traffick- Research Findings: prostitution. Those in prostitution ing. (a) The private sector is uniquely • Prostitution and pornography are sym- are overwhelmingly poor, socially situated in relation to the stream of biotically related to sex trafficking -- the disadvantaged, and female. They are commerce. (b) The private sector latter would not exist without the former. entering at younger and younger ages. would be able to bring innovative solu- • Pornography is advertising for prostitu- Regarding ‘demand’, MacKinnon tions forward that have not been used tion and sex trafficking. reports that women she interviewed in against human trafficking thus far. (c) • Pornography normalizes prostitution and The private sector has many resources commercial sexual exploitation. Kolkata, India, were forced to sexually • Pornography is prostitution for mass service an average of 30 men per day, to use that governments and social consumption. equaling approximately 8,000 men a service agencies do not have. • Many men want to enact the fantasies, year, assuming a five-day work week. The author provides examples of the transgressions, the degradation and Obviously, the industry exists because ways specific industries could reduce violence of pornography with actual of ‘demand’ and because its anonymity the ‘demand’ for trafficked individu- women. They believe the place to do this results in little to no fear of criminal als or for products made by trafficked is through prostitution. consequence. individuals through education and • Pimps and traffickers use pornography to Moreover, where prostitution has behavioral changes. He highlights the initiate their victims into the life of sexual California Transparency Act, which re- slavery, so they get hardened to accept been legalized, trafficking has sky- the inevitable and learn what is expected rocketed because, once women and quires businesses to publically disclose of them. children have been trafficked to a the efforts they are taking to prevent • Johns show pornography to prostituted legal destination, there is minimal trafficking, and suggests that the women to illustrate the sexual activity risk to the buyer or seller. MacKinnon California Transparency Act may be an Johns want to participate in or observe. concludes that an adequate policy to effective way to engage the private sec- promote the human rights of pros- tor in reducing ‘demand’. (See Lederer In the past decade, there has been an tituted persons has three parts: (a) article, pg. 191-92) explosion of interest in human traf- decriminalizing and supporting people For the full text of Lederer’s article, ficking. However, one aspect of human in prostitution, (b) criminalizing buy- go to: http://www.protectionproject.org/ trafficking gets little attention—name- ers strongly, and (c) effectively crimi- wp-content/uploads/2012/11/TPP-J-HR- ly, the connection between pornog- nalizing third-party profiteers—the Civ-Socy_Vol-5_2012-w-cover.pdf raphy and sex trafficking. Robert W. violators must be penalized and closed Peters, Laura J. Lederer, and Shane down. (See Lederer article, pg. 182) Porn cont. pg. 8 Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter 11/3

Advocacy

6 Advocacy in Albania Albania is one of the most notorious sources of women for the sex trade in Europe and beyond. The Union of Religious Networking Against Traf- ficking in Albania (URAT, meaning Bridge) has taken on the specific goal of working against human trafficking in Albania through direct assistance, prevention, advocacy, lobbying and Another factory in Kelmet has women campaigning. trained in tailoring who are busy mak- URAT is a link group with RENATE ing uniforms for air hostesses in the (Religious in Europe Networking Italian market. Other women have Against Trafficking and Exploita- diversified into making cards, jewelry, tion). S. Imelda Poole, a member of knitwear, and toys, as well as doing much more with their newfound skills. the English Province of IBVM Loreto many other topics. The young women Poole collaborates with the non- and founding member of RENATE, use this center with great commitment governmental organization, ‘Different began her work in Albania in 2005, and enthusiasm. and Equal’, which assists dedicating her time and energy along The networks RENATE and URAT girl victims of trafficking in with young Albanian women and men have focused efforts on training in the Tirana. The girls, as young in three primary initiatives: • direct use of social media for awareness rais- as 14 years, may have been action against human trafficking; ing, campaigning and advocacy against ‘Different and trafficked for years • ‘Mary Ward’s Women’; and • ‘The trafficking. They held two trainings Equal’ logo into sexual exploita- Little Angels Project’ empowering led by a consultant in this field. More tion both abroad and Roma children and their families. trainings followed in many European within Alabania. They come countries. The use of social media traumatized and badly dam- for cyber grooming, bullying, sexting aged both physically and and other violent outcomes is on the mentally. Until recently the increase globally. work with the girls had been limited due to lack of space Albania cont. pg. 8 to meet for programs. Now a new educational center opened with a beautiful mu- “The women are indomitable in Billboard: ‘My Goal - To End Child Labor’ sic and art room, a library, Albania and I marvel at how they a therapy suite, and a classroom for endure under such pressure. The ‘Women’s Right in Albania for They cope with violence in the Justice, Freedom and to Speak Her more formal education in languages, literacy, law, human development and home, they are frequently left to Truth’ (WRAJFT), now named ‘Mary do all the work, both in the home Ward’s Women’, is a movement help- and on the land. They ing 600 women living in marginalized look for ways to resolve rural and informal areas of Albania. It conflict and in a culture of is managed by the non-governmental violence they seek positive organization, ‘Mary Ward Loreto.’ ways of handling par- Among the projects, some women enthood and their own have planted herb seeds, the begin- relationships.” nings of a herb business with a ready S. Imelda Poole, IBVM market in a local factory in Shkoder. Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter 11/3

The Defenders Pledge The Defend- Advocacy ers Pledge, created in part by Shared Hope Inter- national, asks men to make 7 Men Against The Trafficking Of Others (MATTOO) a commitment MATTOO exists exclusively to decrease the demand for commercial sex by to being a bet- building a global stigma around buying sex. It does so by empowering boys ter man and and men to stop the threat of sex trafficking by showing the direct correlation pledging to between the demand in the sex trade in- the following: dustry and the supply of humans through (a) they will trafficking. not purchase or participate in pornog- MATTOO, founded in 2010 in Min- raphy, prostitution, or any form of the nesota and now also in Spain, works to commercial sex industry; (b) they will decrease the demand of human traf- hold their friends accountable for their ficking through educational forums and actions toward women and children; public events, microfinance, business and (c) they will protect those whom development initiatives, research and they love from the commercial sex public policy. market. Go to: http://sharedhope.org/ MATTOO invites men to hold MATTOO- Getting committment by signing a MATTOO banner at the 2012 Olympics join-the-cause/become-a-defender/ style Educational-FUNdraisers: • ‘Texas take-action/the-defenders-pledge/ Hold’em’ to Fight Human Trafficking; • Beer/Wine Tasting to Fight Human Trafficking; • Fishing Tournament to Fight Human Trafficking; • Sports Tourna- Code of Conduct for Men in ment to Fight Human Trafficking Email: [email protected] the 21st Century Truckers against Trafficking (TAT) The 15-point Code, written in 2009 by Brian Iselin, calls for men to sign a The trucking industry and individual truckers are invalu- statement saying that they will reject able in the fight against the crime of sex trafficking. the purchase of sex with women and TAT exists to educate, equip, empower and mobilize children, and the code recognizes that members of the trucking and travel plaza industry to com- prostitution is harmful to women. bat domestic sex trafficking. It also calls on men to reject buying TAT creates wallet cards and other materials in English, pornography or any products that ex- Spanish, and French Canadian for truckers and travel plaza employees with the ploit women, to not visit clubs or bars national hotline number for human trafficking victims. The organization also that exploit women through exotic has posters to hang in restrooms, break rooms, restaurants, truck stops, and rest dancing, areas to bring awareness to the issue of sex trafficking. The organization runs a and to re- blog and a blog radio called “On the Grid” where they discuss human trafficking ject uncon- and its relation to the trucking industry. ditionally TAT also works directly with law enforcement to facilitate the investigation and all violence reporting of incidents of human trafficking. As of January 2012, the California against Trucking Association (CTA) joined forces with TAT and the American Trucking women and Association announced in October 2012 its partnership with TAT to combat hu- children. man trafficking. TAT also has a free DVD for use during orientation of all truck stop and travel plaza employees, as well as all students at truck-driving schools. Email: [email protected] April 6th: ‘Whose Business Is It?’ An all-day conference in Queens, NY April 6, 2013, explores the links between Go to: http://www.tsamtk.org/ the travel industry and human trafficking. The keynoter is from Sabre Holdings, Contents/Details/2135 a global travel technology company and sponsor of ‘Passport to Freedom’. $20/Students $5 Register at: http://www.stjohns.edu/trafficking Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter 11/3

Toll-Free 24/7 Hotline: Informative Web Sites: National Human Trafficking (Each contains information Resource Center related to human trafficking) 1-888-3737-888 Renate http://www.renate-europe.net URAT Action https://www.facebook.com/pages/ URAT/309456632471295 8 niscent of individuals afflicted with Albania Hope drug addictions.… The third phase http://www.albaniahope.com/ Porn cont. from pg. 5 was desensitization. Material … which Global Centurion Kelly, authors in an article entitled was originally perceived as shocking, http://www.globalcenturion.org/ “The Slave and the Porn Star: Sexual taboo-breaking, illegal, repulsive, or Trafficking and Pornography”in a immoral, in time came to be seen as MATTOO recent issue of the Protection Project’s acceptable and commonplace.… The http://mattoo.org Journal for Human Rights and Civil fourth phase was an increasing ten- Truckers Against Trafficking Society, argue that there are a number dency to act out sexually the behaviors http://www.truckersagainsttrafficking.com of links between pornography and sex viewed in the pornography, including trafficking and that curbing pornogra- … frequenting massage parlors.” phy will reduce sex trafficking. Addiction to pornography is delaying Creative Educational Video Participation in the production of and preventing marriages, decreasing Hope for Justice is an anti-human pornography satisfies the definition of marital intimacy and sexual satisfac- trafficking organization working to un- either sex trafficking or labor traffick- tion, and contributing to divorce. To cover and abolish the hidden crime of ing. If a trafficking victim is forced to the extent that addiction to pornogra- modern-day slavery. The organization engage in a sex act that is filmed or phy makes it more difficult for men to assists the police practically through photographed for sale as pornography, have a satisfying and lifelong sexual intelligence gathering and rescue then the production of pornography relationship with one person, men who within the UK. itself becomes a severe form of traf- are addicted to pornography are more Hope for Justice was created to be ficking in persons that is subject to likely to frequent women trafficked the practical solution to human traf- criminal liability. The production of into prostitution. More research is ficking with four areas of operation: pornography could also involve labor needed to understand the seriousness investigate and rescue; assist aftercare; trafficking in one of two ways: a traf- and interrelatedness of the hardcore prosecute; campaign. The website has ficking victim could be coerced into pornography, prostitution, and sex an effective educational video about aiding in the technical side of produc- trafficking, so that public officials and what happens when ‘Girl Meets Boy’. tion, rather than the performance side; citizens take action. Go to: hopeforjustice.org.uk/ or participation as a nude model for For the full article, go to: soft-core pornography that does not http://www.protectionproject.org/ involve a proscribed sex act could also wp-content/uploads/2012/11/TPP-J-HR- be a form of labor trafficking. Civ-Socy_Vol-5_2012-w-cover.pdf In his monograph, “Pornography’s Effects on Adults and Children,” Dr. Albania cont. from pg. 6 Victor B. Cline, a clinical psychologist The work against trafficking has who treated many individuals with diversified in further ways as well. An pornography addictions, explained, invitation came from the Tony Blair “The first change that happened was Faith Foundation, to lead training on- Stop Trafficking!is dedicated exclu- an addiction-effect. The porn consum- line with four schools from around the sively to fostering an exchange of informa- ers got hooked. Once involved in por- world on the topic of anti-trafficking. tion among religious congregations, their nographic materials, they kept coming friends and collaborating organizations, Another invitation came from the Vati- back for more and still more…. The working to eliminate all forms of trafficking can’s Commission for Justice to give of human beings. second phase was an escalation-effect. a presentation on anti-trafficking at a Use the following web address to access With the passage of time, the addicted symposium. It was especially moving back issues of Stop Trafficking! http:// person required rougher, more ex- www.stopenslavement.org/archives.htm to listen to a victim from England, who plicit, more deviant, and “kinky” kinds To contribute information, or make had been trafficked by an Albanian requests to be on the mailing list, please of sexual material to get their “highs” man onto the streets of Italy. contact: [email protected] and “sexual turn-ons.” It was remi- Editing and Layout: Jean Schafer, SDS