Trafficked for sexual exploitation
The trafficking of women and children for sexual exploitation has reached epidemic proportions in the past decade. An estimated one million people – mainly girls and women – are currently trafficked into the sex industry by people ranging from violent gangsters to trusted family members. This issue of _New Internationalist_ tackles this most cruel manifestation of globalization.
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India’s Viagra - <br />Special Economic Zones
India wants to follow in the footsteps of China, popping miracle pills to raise the country up to export-led superstardom. What *...
Trafficked
*Vanessa Baird* examines the global trade in girls and young women sold into the sex industry.
Costa Rica
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