Sep 23, 2010

Collateral Damage: LATIN AMERICA: Five Million Women Have Fallen Prey to Trafficking Networks

LATIN AMERICA: Five Million Women Have Fallen Prey to Trafficking Networks - IPS ipsnews.net: Puebla, Mexico. "The fight against human trafficking in Latin America is ineffective and has led to the emergence of intra-regional markets for the trade, according to experts and activists meeting this week in this Mexican city.

In Mexico some 20,000 people a year fall victim to the modern-day slave trade, according to the Centre for Studies and Research on Social Development and Assistance (CEIDAS), which monitors the issue. The total number of victims in Latin America amounts to 250,000 a year, yielding a profit of 1.35 billion dollars for the traffickers, according to statistics from the Mexican Ministry of Public Security." Sept. 22, 2010

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