Book Soup Event 8/11/09
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User1 at 08.10.09 - 7:53 pm
Two author events going on tomorrow that maybe of interest to some of you.
Slave Hunter & The Shadow Over Santa Susana
First event starts at 7pm. I'll be at Hollywood and Highland station between 6-6:15pm if you want to ride there too.
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REMINDER: Tonite at Book Soup
Facts: Human Trafficking
3rd
Human trafficking is the third most profitable criminal activity in the world. The first and second are drug trafficking and arms trafficking.
9.5 billion
The amount of money (in dollars) that the entire trafficking industry generates in annual revenue.
800,000 - 900,000
The estimated number of people trafficked across international borders each year.
70%
Percentage of these people who are female.
50%
Percentage of them who are children.
200,000
American kids are at risk for trafficking into the sex industry.
8,000 - 20,000
Humans are trafficked into the U.S. annually.
5,000 - 7,000
Victims from East Asia and the Pacific are trafficked into the U.S. annually.
3,500 - 5,500
Victims from Latin America, Europe and Eurasia are trafficked into the U.S. each year.
120,000
Women and children are trafficked into Western Europe each year.
Sources:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/ncvrw/2005/pg5l.html
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/23598.pdf
http://www.migrationinformation.org/feature/display.cfm?ID=66
http://www.savethechildrenindia.com/wsf.htm
User108.11.09 - 2:32 pm
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This, Slave Hunter event, was very well attended. Standing room only, with a crowd of about 50 people. It would have to be a REAL BIG event for me to do this again though. The lecture was fairly short and the author seemed more interested in selling books than the subject matter.
One thing that stuck out that he stated tonite. Human trafficking is on course to be the largest illegal activity in the world. It's surpassed arms trafficking, and is on course to being bigger than the drug trade. The reason being is you sell a kilo of coke and it's gone, but you can keep selling a human. The human pays far more than a drugs.
User108.12.09 - 1:47 am
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