Slavery Inc: The Untold Story of International Sex Trafficking by Lydia Cacho is a book of Cacho’s findings of Sex Trafficking around the world. Cacho is a Mexican journalist who risked her safety and life to uncover these stories, statistics and victims testimonies from Turkey, Israel, Colombia, Mexico, Thailand, Argentina and more. This book shows the sex trafficking industries links to Tourism, arms and drugs industry, the corruption of government and law enforcement and the constant battles fought by NGO’s like AFESIP (Acting for Women in Distressful Situations) and ECPAT (End Child Prostitution) to rescue women and children from the hands of traffickers.
For this assignment I will reference this book as Cacho’s findings of the Child Sex Tourism industry is extensive. To me, it puts a human face to the problem and is more relatable as the book is written by someone who made it their mission to uncover sex trafficking and its intricate network rather than just listing out statistics by numbers. One part of the book that really got to me was:
“The psychologists explain that, once the girls understand their captors rules, they learn how to be seductive so the traffickers mistreat them less. They are perfectly aware they are trained to be prostitutes. They do not understand why, but at nine or ten years old, with their sweet, childish voices, they believe this is what they were born to do.” (Cacho, 63)
Resources:
Cacho, Lydia, and Elizabeth Boburg. “Cambodia: Europe’s Hideout.” Slavery Inc.: The Untold Story of International Sex Trafficking. London: Portobello, 2012. 63. Print.
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