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Here you'll find information regularly updated on topics that are of greatest concern to me. Please read and I ask you to pay special attention to tips on what you can do to help make our world a better place. Thank you.

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FOCUS ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Human trafficking is one of the most horrific crimes committed by humans against other humans. It preys on the weak - women, children and the very poor.

Please take the time to educate yourself on this very important issue. This practice is WIDESPREAD.

If you suspect someone is involved in this either by participating in the business of trafficking or by frequenting a prostitution establishment (most frequently these are located in a suburban home) - PLEASE HAVE A CONSCIENCE - OBTAIN AS MUCH SPECIFIC INFO AS YOU CAN AND REPORT IT TO THE AUTHORITIES. I've provided a link on "what you can do" to fight against this horrible practice.

IF YOU STAND BY AND DO NOTHING - YOU ARE AN ACCOMPLICE to the destruction of a person's life.

Below are some links that help you learn more about this issue. Also, I've included exerpts of true stories of victims.

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Victims Stories Taken from 2003 US State Dept Report on Human Trafficking - Additional Stories are provided in the Intro section of the 2005 Report (Link Below)

"A trafficker recruited Nina, a 19-year-old from southeastern Europe, to work as a waitress, but then raped, beat, and drugged her, forcing her into prostitution. After a daring escape, her trafficker hunted her down and kidnapped her. Taken into custody during a police raid, Nina agreed to be a witness against her trafficker. The police officer assigned to protect her gave away her location and her trafficker threatened her life. At the trial, she was forced to sit next to her traffickers and was insulted and humiliated by the judge and defense counsel. Her pimps were found guilty but released on appeal. For her own survival, Nina has fled to another country and assumed a new identity"

"Uzma was trafficked from South Asia to a Middle Eastern country to work as a domestic. Her employer took her papers, beat her regularly, and gave her little food. Male relatives began sexually abusing her and then took her to hotels, forcing her to have sex with up to ten men over the course of a few days. She was locked in the house and never paid. She escaped when a young boy opened the door. She was picked up by police, who ordered her employers to send her back to her country. The employers sent her back, but only after three more days of prostituting her."

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USE THE FOLLOWING LINKS TO LEARN MORE!