Erdos Had The Number First

Introduction

This report is from 2003. It notes that one of the big reasons that the slavers do this is because they make a LOT of money.

Modern-day slavery also thrives because of its profitability. United Nations estimates indicate that trafficking in persons generates $7 to 10 billion annually for traffickers. Human cargo can often be moved across borders and past immigration officials easier than narcotics or weapons caches, which are often seized when found. Trafficking victims, even if caught, can be re-trafficked. Traffickers can make additional money off victims by re-selling them to another employer after their often-inflated debt is paid. Traffickers may earn a few hundred to thousands of dollars for a trafficked child laborer and brothel owners may make a few thousand to tens of thousands of dollars for each woman forced into prostitution.

Janes is reporting that Latvia is one of the big hubs for this crime and that the people are shipped into Europe too. This isn’t happening in some distanct, third-world country.

The Bush administration has given some lip service to helping to halt this problem but where are they now? Oh, yeah, that little Iraq thing.
This really pisses me off.