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Baitball Blogger

(46,576 posts)
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 10:33 AM Sep 2012

Rec this one up please. It's hard hitting Florida news. Re: Human trafficking.

Opens the door to understanding how some of the illegal immigrants are coming across the borders. It should shift our attention to the people who are bringing them in for illicit reasons.

Palm Beach County is 'perfect storm' of human trafficking

Tesoro is one among thousands of victims of human trafficking, a crime federal investigators say is growing across the country – and in South Florida. Palm Beach County, with its agriculture and tourism industries always on the lookout for low cost labor, is a "perfect storm" for human trafficking, investigators say.

"It's a multibillion dollar business," said Carmen Pino, assistant special agent in charge of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Office of Homeland Security Investigations in Miami. "It's everywhere."

Pino said the crime is creeping into everyday life in South Florida, even though many people might not realize it.

"The possibility of anybody at anytime encountering a victim of human trafficking in South Florida is very possible," he said.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-09-15/news/fl-boca-trafficking-lombardi-20120916_1_human-farm-work-carmen-pino

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Rec this one up please. It's hard hitting Florida news. Re: Human trafficking. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 OP
I was told, on old DU2, that this didn't happen. Edweird Sep 2012 #1
I can so see this happening. Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 #2
More people are in slavery today than at any point in human history Recursion Sep 2012 #3
It's always the Bottom Line formercia Sep 2012 #4
Which reveals an ugly truth DonCoquixote Sep 2012 #5
When we reach this point where people are being enslaved, Baitball Blogger Sep 2012 #6
Done M_M Sep 2012 #7

Recursion

(56,582 posts)
3. More people are in slavery today than at any point in human history
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 11:28 AM
Sep 2012

And while sex trafficking is horrible, the majority of trafficking in persons is "plain old" labor slavery.

formercia

(18,479 posts)
4. It's always the Bottom Line
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 12:09 PM
Sep 2012

that catches the Shit Eaters.

Human Trafficking.....,which is how some people become Rich.

DonCoquixote

(13,615 posts)
5. Which reveals an ugly truth
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 12:35 PM
Sep 2012

When Confederate apologists say "the Cvil War was not about slavery" or "slavery would have died out." They are fools. If slavery was not outright banned, they would have Slave Kennels at Wal-Mart!"

Baitball Blogger

(46,576 posts)
6. When we reach this point where people are being enslaved,
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 01:10 PM
Sep 2012

we're definitely at a revolutionary turning point.

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