Batstone, David B., 1958-

Not for sale : the return of the global slave trade-- and how we can fight it / Return of the global slave trade -- and how we can fight it David Batstone. - 1st ed. - New York : HarperSanFrancisco, c2007. - 301 p. ; 21 cm.

"Amazing Change Campaign official book"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-298).

Introduction: finding slavery in my own backyard -- Shining light into the sexual darkness: Cambodia and Thailand -- Breaking the chains of bonded laborers: South Asia -- Rescuing the child soldiers: Uganda -- Undermining the sex syndicate: Europe -- Sheltering the lost children: Peru -- Building a new Underground Railroad: USA -- Conclusion: ending the slave trade in our time.

Human trafficking generates $31 billion annually and enslaves 27 million people around the globe, half of them children under the age of eighteen. Award-winning journalist David Batstone, whom Bono calls "a heroic character," profiles the new generation of abolitionists who are leading the struggle to end this appalling epidemic"--P. [4] of cover.

0061206717 9780061206719

2007296236


Human trafficking.
Slavery.
Child slaves.
Forced labor.
Trata de personas.
Esclavitud

HQ 281 / B334n 2007

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