“What can we students do?” This was the overwhelming question asked during Columbia’s Veritas Forum on Monday—“Fighting Modern-Day Slavery: Two Activists Share Stories from the Trenches”—which launched a week of events aimed to promote the fight against human trafficking.
“What can we students do?” This was the overwhelming question asked during Columbia’s Veritas Forum on Monday—“Fighting Modern-Day Slavery: Two Activists Share Stories from the Trenches”—which launched a week of events aimed to promote the fight against human trafficking.
Quite simply, we learned that slavery is not dead. Far from it, it is one of the largest illicit markets in the world today, second only to weapons trafficking. We decided it was time to get to work.
Quite simply, we learned that slavery is not dead. Far from it, it is one of the largest illicit markets in the world today, second only to weapons trafficking. We decided it was time to get to work.
When I first heard about the human trafficking problem, I was overwhelmed by the stories of young women sold into prostitution in brothels in Cambodia, families forced into debt bondage in India, and children abducted by rebel armies and forced to fight in the ongoing Ugandan civil war.
When I first heard about the human trafficking problem, I was overwhelmed by the stories of young women sold into prostitution in brothels in Cambodia, families forced into debt bondage in India, and children abducted by rebel armies and forced to fight in the ongoing Ugandan civil war.
Human trafficking, the sale of people within and across international boundaries, now ranks second only to the drug trade as the world’s most profitable illicit activity. The issue of trafficking, both domestic and international, must be acknowledged as significant and addressed with greater zeal.
Human trafficking, the sale of people within and across international boundaries, now ranks second only to the drug trade as the world’s most profitable illicit activity. The issue of trafficking, both domestic and international, must be acknowledged as significant and addressed with greater zeal.
