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I recently read two interesting articles regarding Human Trafficking. A woman in Ohio recants her story of being date raped at age 15 and then sold to hundreds of men for sex, and her family was unaware. It said she was in an upper middle class white home with absentee parents.
As the father of an 8 year old daughter this concerns me. From these articles it's not just immigrants or illegals that are being sold into slavery. It's children, women who are unaware and trusting. I've supplied the links to both articles.
Here are clips from the articles and links to them below.
In high school, Theresa Flores was an upper-middle-class teenager who did well in school and ran track.
But underneath that Flores had a secret: She was a victim of modern-day human trafficking, held at night as a sex slave in her suburban Detroit town.
Read the rest of the article here (broken link)
Here is the other article:
COLUMBUS - Theresa Flores is the face of the modern age of slavery.
The white, blond features of a typical middle-class mom, now a Columbus social worker, seemed out of place among the close-up, darker images from other countries surrounding her as part of a traveling exhibit called "Invisible Slavery Today."
Most definitely it should be a concern for everyone. This is a shocking story of a brave woman who is making a difference. This kind of thing could happen anywhere to anyone and the public needs to be made aware of that. It also proves once again much parents need to be involved in where their kids are going and who their friends are. Thanks Hoosier for bring this to everyone's attention.
Wow! I have read a few similar stories in the past! It is truly very SAD! Something needs to be done. There really does need to be more awareness about this issue! And I think it calls for some VERY SEVERE punishments as well!
I quite agree with the last person to post that "something needs to be done". For I am the person that this Hoosier guy is speaking about, and in the articles. Yes, it starts with observant, diligent parents, but education on the topic is crucial. It seems the more money people make, the less involved they are in their children's lives and the more they feel they are exempt from bad things happening to them. With Trafficking, No one is safe. There are bad people all over the world that prey upon people. We ALL have a weak spot and they know how to find it. By standing up, saying we wont allow this to happen to our children or vulnerable women, we are helping others who cant do it alone. That is why I decided to share my story. Not for personal glory! For who would want the world to know this about them?? It is to help give a voice to those that dont have one,,,yet.
Please go on Oprah.com and 'submit and idea' and ask that she do a show on Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery. She is the best person to get this Human Rights story out to the majority of the people....and perhaps do something about stopping this!
Not a great subject but I commend you for bringing it out in the open
Thank you
I know this has been more and more of a problem in the U.S. and wasn't the young girl in Aruba who turned up missing...what I mean to say, is...didn't they suspect that this happened?
It is sad...very sad...and all I have to say is thank you for bringing it out in the open for all to read....we must become more educated on problems as such in order to deal with them responsiblity and lawfully.
I think the more severe the punishment, the less people would be tempted to try and accomplish the crime. There will always be crime, but sever punishments are much more effective...to deter crime.
I quite agree with the last person to post that "something needs to be done". For I am the person that this Hoosier guy is speaking about, and in the articles. Yes, it starts with observant, diligent parents, but education on the topic is crucial. It seems the more money people make, the less involved they are in their children's lives and the more they feel they are exempt from bad things happening to them. With Trafficking, No one is safe. There are bad people all over the world that prey upon people. We ALL have a weak spot and they know how to find it. By standing up, saying we wont allow this to happen to our children or vulnerable women, we are helping others who cant do it alone. That is why I decided to share my story. Not for personal glory! For who would want the world to know this about them?? It is to help give a voice to those that dont have one,,,yet.
Please go on Oprah.com and 'submit and idea' and ask that she do a show on Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery. She is the best person to get this Human Rights story out to the majority of the people....and perhaps do something about stopping this!
There is another thread in the books forum regarding this poster's book. If you haven't read the thread you'll quickly learn that tflores is my older sister. Only by a few years though I do love to tease her. Go to the thread and check out her book. //www.city-data.com/forum/books...afficking.html
I braved it by reading the book and was deeply angered, saddened and mortified by what happened to her while we were teens. She's an amazing woman with a powerful testimony that will touch at the depths of anyone's soul. You do not have to have gone through this terror to truly be moved to anger and deep sadness for tflores. Yet she is a survivor and for that I am so thankful as I still have my sister today.
I'd be willing to bet your parents were like mine...small town, living in a world, believing everything in it is good...never being aware of the fact that people do hurt others. I want to say this, in all honesty, I was so naive at times, people thought there was something wrong with me. The hardest part of taking care of my mother, is the fear that she will not lock her doors, or she will open the door for a stranger????? She never worked, never got out in society to understand what is really going on. She, of course watched the news, but for some reason never realized crime was in her small little world?
So, I can in a lot of way understand this happening...I'm so so sorry it did.
I ordered the book and will be reading it with you this weekend. Difficult as it will be for you...please know, that there is someone else there with you both.
I was a victim of sexual abuse...a child...he was an adult...is free and abused many other children....
find the rapists and the customers. Try in open court to make certain they are the guilty. Take out behind courthouse. Place against backstop. Shoot them. No mercy!
I think we can all agree that Human Trafficking, slavery and the sex trade are bad things, that society shouldn't tolerate.
But despite the fact that almost 90% of the people voted "Yes" in the poll, I haven't really seen anyone discuss whether or not our current laws are adequate. This seems like an issue for law enforcement or public awareness groups, not one for legislators.
I'm not well informed on this topic. Is there something wrong with our federal (or state) laws on human trafficking and slavery? This is still a crime, right? Do y'all know something I don't?
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"something needs to be done"
