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Related: About this forumBush, Electoral Politics and Cuba’s "Illicit Sex Trade" (from 2003, but relevant considering...
.. the latest mewlings from el Herald.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2003/10/18/bush-electoral-politics-and-cuba-s-quot-illicit-sex-trade-quot/
Judi Lynn
(160,525 posts)of Cuban gov't supported prostitution, and of Cuban trafficking in women and children.
They, to blow kisses to the Cuban "exile" right-wingers periodically resurrected that charge and started the new cycle of mud-flinging and lies, to reinforce hostilities toward the country's government.
That was only one of several themes they played in cycles, like a string of records.
I remember hearing someone who travelled back and forth to Cuba state there is a much heavier preponderance of sex workers in Miami on Calle Ocho than one is likely to see in Havana!
As for the Cuban "trafficking" delusion, one only needs to be informed of what has been going on in THIS country to realize U.S America has its own HUGE problem to attend far earlier before it has time to start flinging accusations at Cuba.
I, for one, have a hard time conjuring an image of a Cuban kid in his/her little Pioneer uniform being hauled off to be turned into a tiny sex worker! (Maybe that comes after they kidnap them to Siberia, then return them to work like slaves in the sugar cane fields!)
Judi Lynn
(160,525 posts)Madera police: Prostitution ring may have ties to human trafficking
By Jim Guy - The Fresno Bee
Friday, Mar. 22, 2013 | 10:57 AM
Madera police are investigating a prostitution ring that may be involved with human trafficking victims from El Salvador.
Police Sgt. Matt Wiles said detectives served a warrant Thursday morning in the 1000 block of Tulare Street after watching a house on the block.
Wiles said the operation moves women from one home to another on a weekly basis throughout California.
Detectives also served warrants at an undisclosed address in Fresno
More: http://www.fresnobee.com/2013/03/22/3225415/madera-police-prostitution-ring.html#storylink=cpy
How MANY times have we seen stories exactly like this in our country!
Don't forget Russia. Maybe Poland, too
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