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| SLAVERY Sex slavery and trafficking are becoming worldwide issues. With the increased mobility of populations throughout the world there is increased opportunity for traffickers to ply their evil trade. Although slavery was officially abolished throughout the British Empire in 1833 and in America in 1865, it is reappearing today on an increasing scale in many parts of the world. Gangs of traffickers are operating in the Far East and in Europe. They take advantage of the poverty in developing countries to entice young people to seek employment in the rich Western nations. These gangs either smuggle them in as illegal immigrants or, if they have visas, their papers are taken from them as soon as they clear immigration at their port of entry. They are then at the mercy of the gang members as they have no identity papers, no means of supporting themselves and they usually do not speak the language. They are employed in sweatshop factories where they work long hours for no wages on the grounds that they are repaying the cost of their travel. Others are sent to work in private homes as domestic servants where they are grossly exploited or used for sexual gratification. Others are sent to brothels and condemned to sex slavery. In June 2003 Clapham Connections reported to the Lords and Commons Family and Child Protection Group meeting in the House of Commons Westminster London. A research report by Dr Clifford Hill, Research Director of the Family Matters Institute was presented. Its title is: Sex Slavery in Cambodia, Implications for Europe. For more details click here. At the same meeting Dr Carrie Pemberton, one of the trustees of the Family Matters Institute reported on sex slavery in Europe and the work of the newly formed Christian group CHASTE - (churches against sex trafficking). |
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