According to an article in the LA Times concerning modern slavery:
One hot june day in 2006, I saw what slavery really meant. In a rundown mansion in a slum of Bucharest, Romania, a pimp offered to sell me a young woman he described as “a blond.” She had bleached hair, hastily applied ma…
Archive for March, 2008
More slaves today than at any point in history
March 28th, 2008
Abusive employers Slavery Trafficking
Hundreds of workers demand higher wages in UAE
March 21st, 2008
From the Wall Street Journal (and via The Emirates Economist blog) - SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates — Protests and violent skirmishes over rising prices are hitting parts of the Middle East, a region already beset by strife but otherwise enjoying an unprecedented, oil-fueled economic boom. On T...
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