Human Trafficking - Over 27,000,000 Slaves in the World Today
@DeborahDiane (40852)
Laguna Woods, California
October 15, 2016 9:02pm CST
While walking in Laguna Beach with friends this morning, I encountered a group of demonstrators from a non-profit called A21 who are trying to bring attention to the fact that human trafficking has resulted in the enslavement of over 27,000,000 people in the world today.
One of the women I was walking with joined the Peace Corp at age 62 and spent nearly three years in Ukraine talking to young women and their families about the dangers of phony "recruiters" who come looking for girls to work as nannies ... but they really end up being forced to work in brothels around the world. Young men are often forced to do manual labor on farms and in mines or other dangerous occupations. Even children sometimes end up as slaves.
My friend still gives talks about human trafficking to new Peace Corp recruits and other organizations to let people know more about what is going on in the world.
The video below shows the demonstration today in Laguna Beach. It was one of over 200 demonstrations held in 40 different countries today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EBvhVMtf2Q
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
17 Oct 16
i wish one could wave a magic wand 'n make those folks 'hind all that jest disappear off the face 'f the earth :( 'tis a horrible thingy, breaks my heart jest thinkin' 'bout such. what a sick world we live'n 
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i'm glad though that'cher friend'n others continue to fight fer those folks who's lives 've been taken from 'em - the suffrage they must endure jest makes me 
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i'm glad though that'cher friend'n others continue to fight fer those folks who's lives 've been taken from 'em - the suffrage they must endure jest makes me 1 person likes this
@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
18 Oct 16
@DeborahDiane i know :( 'n folks to quit buyin' 'em...which i don't see neither happenin' any time soon.
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@DeborahDiane (40852)
• Laguna Woods, California
19 Oct 16
@crazyhorseladycx - You're right. People need to understand how wrong this is, and that will also take education.
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@DeborahDiane (40852)
• Laguna Woods, California
18 Oct 16
@crazyhorseladycx - It is going to take governments around the world who are willing to stand up to the human traffickers.
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@moffittjc (128856)
• Gainesville, Florida
19 Oct 16
The number of slaves in this world is staggering...that's higher than the entire population of many countries!
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@moffittjc (128856)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 Oct 16
@DeborahDiane Us humans are a pretty disgusting species of animal for allowing something like this to happen to our own kind. Maybe God should just wipe us off the map and bring the dinosaurs back. They were probably more civilized than we are!
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@moffittjc (128856)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 Oct 16
@DeborahDiane Without intending to start an ugly debate here, the same can be said for the people who vote for democrats...the mentally ill, convicts, felons, etc.
Listen, I'm a republican, but there's no way in hell I'm voting for Trump! lol
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@DeborahDiane (40852)
• Laguna Woods, California
20 Oct 16
@moffittjc - Ironically, that is the reason why a paranoid schizophrenic relative of mine says he is planning to vote for Trump ... so Trump can start a nuclear war and wipe humans off the face of the earth. Unfortunately, even the mentally ill can vote ... and I think a disproportionate of them are voting for Trump.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
18 Oct 16
It is horrifying what humans will do to other humans.
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@DeborahDiane (40852)
• Laguna Woods, California
19 Oct 16
@BelleStarr - Yes, it is horrifying what humans do to other humans. I have trouble understanding it.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
18 Oct 16
Isn't it a disgrace? How could this be happening in the world today? It seems we are getting no where fast when it comes to fixing this mess.
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@DeborahDiane (40852)
• Laguna Woods, California
18 Oct 16
@PatZAnthony 0 It is very sad that so many governments around the world do nothing to stop this. If they stood up to stop human trafficking, it could be nearly eliminated within a year. Too many government officials must be involved.
@DeborahDiane (40852)
• Laguna Woods, California
18 Oct 16
@jaboUK - I agree that it is hard to imagine there are 27 million slaves in the world today. What a sad situation for some many poor people ... especially young women.
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@DeborahDiane (40852)
• Laguna Woods, California
20 Oct 16
@FayeHazel - I agree that it is very sad that there are so many slaves in the world.
@DeborahDiane (40852)
• Laguna Woods, California
16 Oct 16
It's very sad. 98% of traffickers are never caught.
@DeborahDiane (40852)
• Laguna Woods, California
18 Oct 16
@DianneN - Yes, I was shocked, too, when I heard the statistics for human slavery. What a disgrace!
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