Human Trafficking in the Twin Cities Area - Feds get tough

Feds launch effort to shine light on human trafficking

excerpted from: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33654285

Good to know the Feds are making an effort to educate the public regarding this situation.

One thing I admire about MSNBC is that they expose this topic extensively on their station, regarding human trafficking nationally and internationally.
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XxAxX said:

Feds launch effort to shine light on human trafficking

excerpted from: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33654285

Federal authorities launched an effort Wednesday in 14 cities including Saint Paul to help victims of human trafficking, a crime they say is happening in the shadows of American society.

"It's absolutely a slave trade," said Claude Arnold, the special agent in charge of investigations at the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement office in the Twin Cities. "It's modern day slavery."

right here in my town?



the land of opportunity....

One of the biggest recent cases happened two years in Minneapolis, when authorities broke up a prostitution ring operating out of an apartment on East Lake St. They arrested 25 people, and 23 were convicted.

Arnold said some trafficking victims are forced to do hard labor, and many are forced into the sex trade, with devastating mental and physical consequences.

"They get venereal diseases, get no medical care," he said. "It's horrendous."

Immigration officials estimate 800,000 men, women and children are trafficked around the world each year. But it's rarely reported - in many cases, those in a position to bring the crimes to light worry about getting deported.

John Keller, executive director of the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, said in cases of trafficking, victims should not be afraid to come forward.

immigrants, illegal or not, are protected by American law from this kind of thing. hopefully, the word is getting out. i am saddened that this sh1t is going on, today, right under our collective noses. unacceptable

2elijah said:

SUPRMAN said:

Yes, modern day slavery - sex/work slaves are all over the US of A. People goto poor countries and take children away from families with the guarantee of a better life here in US. The children are shipped to the US and made to work 24/7 and/or be sex slaves. These children know little english. They are also told they and family will be killed if they tell anyone here what is happening to them. This is not new but a growing trend. I have a friend that works to save/free these children. She devotes her entire life to freeing them and educating the public. Most people in the US know nothing about this, they believe slavery is only a thing of the past.

this has been going on for decades and is even worse in other countries....
all the missing children in the u.s.a werent just murdered and buried somewhere..there is an underground network of sex trade and children , unfortunately, get the higher dollars. sick shit.

thepope2the9s said:

realm said:

XxAxX said:

2elijah said:

Good to know the Feds are making an effort to educate the public regarding this situation.

One thing I admire about MSNBC is that they expose this topic extensively on their station, regarding human trafficking nationally and internationally.
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it really pisses me off that this is happening to people right here in my town, today. i'm thinking i might want to volunteer at an outreach group, or, maybe, cut a check to them

SUPRMAN said:

realm said:

SUPRMAN said:

What countries are they from ? And how do they manage to smuggle people through the borders? The US borders are pretty much airtight, aren´t they?

KoolEaze said:

It happens all over the world

I saw the movie Taken starring Liam Neeson. Pretty scary

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luv4u said:

It happens all over the world

I saw the movie Taken starring Liam Neeson. Pretty scary

KoolEaze said:

2elijah said:

XxAxX said:

it really pisses me off that this is happening to people right here in my town, today. i'm thinking i might want to volunteer at an outreach group, or, maybe, cut a check to them

That would be a good thing. I remember a documentary on MSNBC and this Russian lady discussing how she and the girls were kept under lock and key, and forced to perform sex with all kinds of men, and had to do whatever they were told or risk getting killed. It's a shame because this is happening right under our noses in many cities throughout the U.S., and not just to immigrants, but to American women as well. Runaways are prime targets at bus, train and airports. Young people moving into big cities also, for the first time, while prowlers lurk in these stations offering to carry their bags or acting as though they really want to help them with information, if they appear losts. Just as a way to hold conversation with them, and find out as much information as possible, leading them to elements they are naive about.
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SUPRMAN said:

KoolEaze said:

What countries are they from ? And how do they manage to smuggle people through the borders? The US borders are pretty much airtight, aren´t they?

Please . .
Chinese are smuggled into California in shipping containers. . . . People are smuggled in the same way drugs are. They are just another commodity, someone across the border will buy. You have to be the first person to describe the border as pretty much airtight.
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XxAxX said: