MetaFilter posts tagged with slavery and Prostitution

The Countertraffickers

fourcheesemac — Thu, 01 May 2008 03:59:32 -0800

William Finnegan reports on rescuing the victims of the global sex trade. You can also listen to Finnegan talking about the research for the article. (New Yorker)

Slavery in Burma

homunculus — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 18:07:57 -0800

From Hunter to Hunted "In his quest to free slaves around the world, Aaron Cohen thought he’d seen it all. Then he went to Myanmar."

Made in the USA

chunking express — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:23:01 -0800

Paradise Lost: Greed, Sex Slavery, Forced Abortions and Right-Wing Moralists. Saipan is not a pleasant place to live or work.

Pentagon has yet to ban contractors from using forced labor

specialk420 — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 16:09:08 -0800

Pentagon has yet to ban contractors from using forced labor
"A proposal prohibiting defense contractor involvement in human trafficking for forced prostitution and labor was drafted by the Pentagon last summer, but five defense lobbying groups oppose key provisions and a final policy still appears to be months away, according to those involved and Defense Department records." ...this is "zero tolerance" ?

Prostitute? or Sex Slave?

hhc5 — Fri, 23 Jan 2004 18:33:31 -0800

The Making of a Sex Slave (NY Times; reg. req) The next time you seek comfort in the arms of a working girl, ask yourself if she's lying down with you because she likes the money or sex, of if she's doing it because she's been kidnapped, beaten, raped, taken to a foreign country where she doesn't speak the language, and told that the corrupt local police will murder a member of her family if she tries to escape. Prostitution might be victimless crime, but the horrors described here certainly aren't; the problem is, how's a john with a conscience going to tell the difference? A (much) longer report, terrifying in its thoroughness, on a topic lightly touched on here.