Greetings from Jackson, TN. Its been a long while since i have posted. here is a quick update on myself. Im living here in Jackson, TN while im attending school at Union University (No, I don't live on campus). I am working on my Master's in Teaching English as a Second Language. I decided to go into ELL or ESL because when I was working at the YWCA, trafficking wasn't much of a big deal because we didn't have that many victims but we knew there were victims out there in the area that were just too afraid to speak out for many obvious reasons (safety, security/ trust, language barriers, etc).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7242180.stm
Last Updated: Wednesday, 13 February 2008, 06:13 GMT
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Global forum on human trafficking
By Bethany Bell
BBC News, Vienna
Image on display in Vienna depicting the brutal and harrowing experiences of women sold into the sex trade
The problem affects both wealthy and developing countries
The first major United Nations conference on the growing problem of human trafficking is to open in Vienna.
More than 1,000 delegates from over 100 countries are attending the forum to discuss solutions, including techniques to monitor criminal gangs.
There are believed to be millions of victims of trafficking worldwide - in an industry that generates tens of billions of dollars a year.
UN officials say human trafficking is the hidden crime of globalisation.
It is a problem that affects both wealthy and developing countries.
Internet payments
The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Antonio Maria Costa, says the crime takes many forms.
"We are talking about young girls and boys in South East Asia trafficked in sweat shops but especially in sex parlours.
"We are talking about girls in eastern Europe trafficked to western Europe and North America. We are talking about villages and entire families in bondage, working in plantations or mines or quarries."
Mr Costa said he hoped more countries would be encouraged to ratify the UN protocol on human trafficking and to develop laws to fight the crime.
He said the forum would discuss a number of initiatives - including techniques for monitoring criminal gangs and ways to disrupt internet payments for sex services on the web.
