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Slaves among Us: The Hidden World of Human Trafficking
The horrific world of modern slavery is exposed in this book based on the first-hand experiences of victims of human trafficking.Through the stories of three remarkable individuals who share how they fell victim to traffickers and how their bodies and souls resisted an enterprise of total destruction, Monique Villa takes us around the world--from Ohio to Tokyo, London to India, Qatar to Colombia--to uncover a parallel world where men, women, and children are dehumanized and reduced to obedient machines. Written by a global leader in the fight against human trafficking, this powerful book uncovers the hidden world of slaves--no longer physically in chains--who walk among us, trapped in a cycle of exploitation. Despite significant progress in the fight for human rights, slavery continues to flourish. In fact, there are more slaves today, in countries rich and poor, than at any point in the past. By giving voice to survivors of this horrific trade, Villa vividly illustrates dire situations we can do something about. Her call to action outlines concrete steps to safeguard the vulnerable among us and to eliminate slavery in our time.
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Published November 18, 2019
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June 9, 2021
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March 27, 2020
Monique Villa has spent a lifetime working against trafficking and enslavement. In this text, she has compiled statistics, facts, and anecdotes of all sorts of enslaved folks and how they came into the underbelly of the world. From fishermen to clerks to prostitutes to traffickers wives, she delves deeply into the complexities that is human trafficking and what it takes to get out alive.
Review: This was harsh but necessary, especially after reading Girls Burn Brighter by Shoba Rao. Monique Villa works in the business of stopping human trafficking, and wrote this book in order to continually raise awareness and provide statistics, facts, and anecdotes. She breaks each anecdote into two parts: how the person in question became enslaved, and how the person escaped it. For many, this enslavement happens because of money. Things were fine until they weren't. There's a child on the way. Somebody is in the hospital. They get a loan from someone who seems reputable only to discover that they must repay it with an all too steep interest rate with a job that barely pays anything. Some escaped their enslavement by use of wits, strikes, and running.
Each chapter discusses a new aspect. For example, Villa explores sexual enslavement, factory enslavement, and agricultural enslavement. Not only that, but how traffickers and slavers use drugs and tattoos and other methods to show that they own you. After all, what would you do if you'd never seen the sea, and suddenly you're on a fishing boat in the middle of the ocean for 7 months with people who speak a completely different language? (Part of why I don't eat fish...) Or what of children who have been sold to factories and work for a painstaking 22 hours a day in the same sitting position?
Nothing about this is normal, and Villa attests that through an anecdote of a trafficker's ex-wife. A trafficker, by the way, who was already mentioned in the book by another woman. Wow! Now that's a thorough means of telling a story.
Overall, this book is as inspiring as it is heartbreaking. Monique Villa does not shy away from the fact that the USA donates about 1 billion dollars each year to stop trafficking. They are the leading funders against this cause. Yet the trafficking business is worth 150 billion. How sad, how awful! Doesn't that make you want to do something? I mean, hey, we should. Even Ashton Kutcher is, and he played Kelso of all characters. Sure, we may not all have the time or money to really go out there and do something, but I think a key message of her book is to share these facts, and don't be shy.
The more people that know, the more stories that are told, the more we as a people are able to do something as a collective. And that's powerful.
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Review: This was harsh but necessary, especially after reading Girls Burn Brighter by Shoba Rao. Monique Villa works in the business of stopping human trafficking, and wrote this book in order to continually raise awareness and provide statistics, facts, and anecdotes. She breaks each anecdote into two parts: how the person in question became enslaved, and how the person escaped it. For many, this enslavement happens because of money. Things were fine until they weren't. There's a child on the way. Somebody is in the hospital. They get a loan from someone who seems reputable only to discover that they must repay it with an all too steep interest rate with a job that barely pays anything. Some escaped their enslavement by use of wits, strikes, and running.
Each chapter discusses a new aspect. For example, Villa explores sexual enslavement, factory enslavement, and agricultural enslavement. Not only that, but how traffickers and slavers use drugs and tattoos and other methods to show that they own you. After all, what would you do if you'd never seen the sea, and suddenly you're on a fishing boat in the middle of the ocean for 7 months with people who speak a completely different language? (Part of why I don't eat fish...) Or what of children who have been sold to factories and work for a painstaking 22 hours a day in the same sitting position?
Nothing about this is normal, and Villa attests that through an anecdote of a trafficker's ex-wife. A trafficker, by the way, who was already mentioned in the book by another woman. Wow! Now that's a thorough means of telling a story.
Overall, this book is as inspiring as it is heartbreaking. Monique Villa does not shy away from the fact that the USA donates about 1 billion dollars each year to stop trafficking. They are the leading funders against this cause. Yet the trafficking business is worth 150 billion. How sad, how awful! Doesn't that make you want to do something? I mean, hey, we should. Even Ashton Kutcher is, and he played Kelso of all characters. Sure, we may not all have the time or money to really go out there and do something, but I think a key message of her book is to share these facts, and don't be shy.
The more people that know, the more stories that are told, the more we as a people are able to do something as a collective. And that's powerful.
Review cross-listed here!
December 1, 2019
The statistics, what ones Villa was able to find, were horrifying and overwhelming. How many people are in slavery in our time and how much money is being made off of their misery is more than I can handle. Some of the stats were a little repetitive in the beginning, but that’s understandable given how large the numbers are and how little concrete information we have at this point.
I can’t critique this book much because of the subject matter. Could some of the transitions been clearer or statistics better introduced? Yes, but the writing was clear overall and each new section made my heart ache for a new reason. It is emotionally harrowing to read these stories. If you try to read this book make sure you’re honest with yourself about what you can handle and what may haunt you too much to be healthy.
It is important and necessary that this book has been written and is available to readers. It follows three people in-depth but tells the stories of millions of others. It covers a subject that I connect with because I can remember how my perception changed in regards to sex workers vs sex slaves. I can recall my father coming home from trucking and complaining about “lot lizards” (a derogatory term for people-usually women- who go from 18 wheeler to 18 wheeler attempting to sell sex) waking him up and how he would respond to get them to leave, sometimes threatening them to ensure they left. As a child I thought “why would these women do this to themselves?” As a new adult I worked in a Domestic Violence Shelter where I began to learn how often
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I can’t critique this book much because of the subject matter. Could some of the transitions been clearer or statistics better introduced? Yes, but the writing was clear overall and each new section made my heart ache for a new reason. It is emotionally harrowing to read these stories. If you try to read this book make sure you’re honest with yourself about what you can handle and what may haunt you too much to be healthy.
It is important and necessary that this book has been written and is available to readers. It follows three people in-depth but tells the stories of millions of others. It covers a subject that I connect with because I can remember how my perception changed in regards to sex workers vs sex slaves. I can recall my father coming home from trucking and complaining about “lot lizards” (a derogatory term for people-usually women- who go from 18 wheeler to 18 wheeler attempting to sell sex) waking him up and how he would respond to get them to leave, sometimes threatening them to ensure they left. As a child I thought “why would these women do this to themselves?” As a new adult I worked in a Domestic Violence Shelter where I began to learn how often
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July 12, 2019
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing this book in exchange for an honest review. I have read numerous books about human trafficking. This book provides a great overview of human trafficking and it is an important subject for people to understand.
December 27, 2023
It is an eye opener to know that there are more slaves living in today’s world than any other time in history. The higher the progression, the higher the oppression. It shouldn’t be that way, but it sadly is. Monique Villa is a fantastic researcher and a social worker who put in years of work to let people know about the horrors of slavery that has been happening in plain sight. She truly believes that education is the only way how we can abolish slavery and true to her words she has been educating people on the recruitment, engagement and the after effects of a slave. It is a must read for everyone irrespective of what your favourite genre is. It is hard hitting, gut wrenching but a necessary read.
While I was reading the entire book where humans were reduced to mere commodities, to livestock, as a source of income, as a mere commodity, I often wondered aren’t we treating the animals the same way? Are they ours to own, trade and kill? To be human is to respect every life form and this book contributed to help strengthen that realisation.
Below are few points I made while reading this book:
Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act - Einstein
Knowledge triggers action
Trust conference
Bonded labor
Modern slaves are not like the old slaves with chains binding them together. They might be all around us and we might be unaware. There are around 100,000 slaves living around us and it is a thriving business. Unlike earlier days, they’re not used for their entire lives. In this day of over consumption, slaves are used for few months and years and discarded.
Approximately 30% are trafficked for sex and the remaining for various forms of forced labor.
India could be the home to largest number of slave labors in the world.
The average price of a slave is $90. Whereas 200 years ago, it used to be $40,000 in USA when adjusted to inflation.
Survivors ink - Jennifer Kempton
Grooming starts with someone pretending to help
Addiction is an almost universal recruitment technique
If authorities label the victims and survivors as criminals, because of petty thefts they might’ve committed out of desperation, and deny them employment they often have nothing else to do but get trapped back into slavery.
It is easier for traffickers to recruit the former workers than employing new ones. When they learn that a former worker/slave is being released either from prison or rehabilitation center, they wait outside the center to offer help.
Rehabilitation centers only offer short term help which might be inadequate to treat ptsd and a ton of other mental trauma they might’ve been through. To numb the pain, victims often get back to the only technique they know. Drugs and relapse.
Greed, corruption and ignorance are the ingredients of modern slavery.
kailash satyarthi - Nobel peace prize laureate working on child trafficking in India
Most often people who are trafficked are sexually abused. Women, more so. When a woman is trafficked she is often subjugated to rape from every gang member to asset their dominance. After repeated sexual abuse, victims go into deep shame as they couldn’t understand why this is happening to them and often blame themselves for all the misdoings. They lose their sense of self worth that it leads to traumatic bonding.
If they didn’t love me so much, they wouldn’t treat me like that.
The websites that sell human beings online are many.
I am Jane doe - American mothers wage a battle against sex trafficking on behalf of their daughters.
Mostly it is their vulnerability that would translate people into slaves.
Why tf are the Gulf so miserly when it comes to paying their labor. It’s not that they don’t have money. It’s robbery of human labor. It is slavery.
It’s mostly because of inefficient administration that people are paid less and then not accepting that fact instead of deliberate doing. Combine that with corruption and there are people with generations being born into slavery.
There are still a lot of countries where you can buy children for few dollars and they’ll be domestic help in exchange for shelter and food.
China, probably the only administration that still uses state sponsored prison camps executing slavery or forced labor.
Being trafficked it’s like a tattoo on your soul. Nobody is going to see it, but it’s there.
Social media fuels the fast expansion of the industry and use code words to continue their operation. Another reason why it is such a tricky topic is that slavery is very difficult to prove. It is very easy to make bonded look like normal labor or simple prostitution.
Another way how people can make victims to stop complaining or approaching for help is to make them accomplice in another crime such as recruiting another woman for prostitution. This would guilt trip them and make them think they can never approach for help.
Another way is complex mental relations between the slave and the slaver.
Psychological bonding, often seen in domestic abuse, is another reason why people might still stick with their slavers.
Victims often lose the sense of time and when it comes to prosecution and appearing infront of a court the case might not stand because of jumbled timelines. It might seem like they’re making such stuff up.
India is a paradox. Despite being the largest democracy in the, 1/3rd of modern slaves are in India.
Kailash Satyarthi saved about 35,000 children from Slavery and bonded labour.
Education is way to protect people from slavery.
Greed and need to control is the motive for every trafficker. Victims become objects and sources of revenue.
Slaves almost never talk in future tense. Always about the past. Slaves live in an eternal present tense.
Slave owners don’t want them to think about their past nor their future. Too much is at risk. They want slaves to feel like they don’t have a future.
Slaves use me not I. They think of themselves as objects not subjects.
While I was reading the entire book where humans were reduced to mere commodities, to livestock, as a source of income, as a mere commodity, I often wondered aren’t we treating the animals the same way? Are they ours to own, trade and kill? To be human is to respect every life form and this book contributed to help strengthen that realisation.
Below are few points I made while reading this book:
Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act - Einstein
Knowledge triggers action
Trust conference
Bonded labor
Modern slaves are not like the old slaves with chains binding them together. They might be all around us and we might be unaware. There are around 100,000 slaves living around us and it is a thriving business. Unlike earlier days, they’re not used for their entire lives. In this day of over consumption, slaves are used for few months and years and discarded.
Approximately 30% are trafficked for sex and the remaining for various forms of forced labor.
India could be the home to largest number of slave labors in the world.
The average price of a slave is $90. Whereas 200 years ago, it used to be $40,000 in USA when adjusted to inflation.
Survivors ink - Jennifer Kempton
Grooming starts with someone pretending to help
Addiction is an almost universal recruitment technique
If authorities label the victims and survivors as criminals, because of petty thefts they might’ve committed out of desperation, and deny them employment they often have nothing else to do but get trapped back into slavery.
It is easier for traffickers to recruit the former workers than employing new ones. When they learn that a former worker/slave is being released either from prison or rehabilitation center, they wait outside the center to offer help.
Rehabilitation centers only offer short term help which might be inadequate to treat ptsd and a ton of other mental trauma they might’ve been through. To numb the pain, victims often get back to the only technique they know. Drugs and relapse.
Greed, corruption and ignorance are the ingredients of modern slavery.
kailash satyarthi - Nobel peace prize laureate working on child trafficking in India
Most often people who are trafficked are sexually abused. Women, more so. When a woman is trafficked she is often subjugated to rape from every gang member to asset their dominance. After repeated sexual abuse, victims go into deep shame as they couldn’t understand why this is happening to them and often blame themselves for all the misdoings. They lose their sense of self worth that it leads to traumatic bonding.
If they didn’t love me so much, they wouldn’t treat me like that.
The websites that sell human beings online are many.
I am Jane doe - American mothers wage a battle against sex trafficking on behalf of their daughters.
Mostly it is their vulnerability that would translate people into slaves.
Why tf are the Gulf so miserly when it comes to paying their labor. It’s not that they don’t have money. It’s robbery of human labor. It is slavery.
It’s mostly because of inefficient administration that people are paid less and then not accepting that fact instead of deliberate doing. Combine that with corruption and there are people with generations being born into slavery.
There are still a lot of countries where you can buy children for few dollars and they’ll be domestic help in exchange for shelter and food.
China, probably the only administration that still uses state sponsored prison camps executing slavery or forced labor.
Being trafficked it’s like a tattoo on your soul. Nobody is going to see it, but it’s there.
Social media fuels the fast expansion of the industry and use code words to continue their operation. Another reason why it is such a tricky topic is that slavery is very difficult to prove. It is very easy to make bonded look like normal labor or simple prostitution.
Another way how people can make victims to stop complaining or approaching for help is to make them accomplice in another crime such as recruiting another woman for prostitution. This would guilt trip them and make them think they can never approach for help.
Another way is complex mental relations between the slave and the slaver.
Psychological bonding, often seen in domestic abuse, is another reason why people might still stick with their slavers.
Victims often lose the sense of time and when it comes to prosecution and appearing infront of a court the case might not stand because of jumbled timelines. It might seem like they’re making such stuff up.
India is a paradox. Despite being the largest democracy in the, 1/3rd of modern slaves are in India.
Kailash Satyarthi saved about 35,000 children from Slavery and bonded labour.
Education is way to protect people from slavery.
Greed and need to control is the motive for every trafficker. Victims become objects and sources of revenue.
Slaves almost never talk in future tense. Always about the past. Slaves live in an eternal present tense.
Slave owners don’t want them to think about their past nor their future. Too much is at risk. They want slaves to feel like they don’t have a future.
Slaves use me not I. They think of themselves as objects not subjects.
May 23, 2020
2.5 stars
I need to be clear that these stories are incredibly important. I am glad they were told. This is an issue I am deeply passionate about, so it always makes me glad to see that it’s being talked about.
As far as the writing for this, I was very disappointed, especially considering that the author is a journalist. The writing was distractingly disorganized and oddly self-serving. Also, the amount of exclamation marks drove me crazy.
I wish the interviews and stories could be turned into a podcast or some other media so that they could be heard.
I need to be clear that these stories are incredibly important. I am glad they were told. This is an issue I am deeply passionate about, so it always makes me glad to see that it’s being talked about.
As far as the writing for this, I was very disappointed, especially considering that the author is a journalist. The writing was distractingly disorganized and oddly self-serving. Also, the amount of exclamation marks drove me crazy.
I wish the interviews and stories could be turned into a podcast or some other media so that they could be heard.
March 12, 2025
Overall, this is a solid book on the topic of trafficking. I'm iffy on the parts towards the end that are a bit too bootlick-y towards Walmart, Adidas, H&P, etc for doing the absolute barest of minimums.
Also, "If a CEO receives twenty of these letters a month, they cannot ignore them." I assure you they absolutely can and most will. Which is not meant to say, "Do nothing" - I just think it takes a bit more than 20 letters (it's a start, but let's be realistic here).
RB: Cristian
Also, "If a CEO receives twenty of these letters a month, they cannot ignore them." I assure you they absolutely can and most will. Which is not meant to say, "Do nothing" - I just think it takes a bit more than 20 letters (it's a start, but let's be realistic here).
RB: Cristian
September 21, 2021
Among us reference omggggggggggggggg
AMOGUS AMOGUS RED IS SUS CALL IN AN EMERGENCY MEETING WE NEED TO INFORM THE CREWMATES
AMOGUS AMOGUS RED IS SUS CALL IN AN EMERGENCY MEETING WE NEED TO INFORM THE CREWMATES
November 17, 2021
Though I'd hoped for more analysis, I appreciated that the personal stories struck a great balance between the survivors' own words and focusing on the core issues.
June 19, 2019
This book wrecked me. Seriously. Before reading "Slaves Among Us", I knew virtually nothing about human trafficking, and the stats alone were overwhelming. Even by the most conservative estimates, there are over 40.3 MILLION slaves in the world right now, despite slavery being illegal in every single country on earth. About 25% of the worlds slaves are children. I'll do the math for you... that means there are over ten million child slaves on earth right now. Slavery is a 150 BILLION dollar industry, and slaves can be found in the supply chains of virtually every major company.
While the numbers are staggering, Villa shows the humanity of this issue through extensive quotes and interviews, primarily with 3 former slaves. She reveals how they were groomed for trafficking, the conditions of their slavery, how they escaped, and - devastatingly- the complications and corruption that hindered their recoveries and reintegration.
Though the task is daunting, there is definitely hope. In the last chapters, Villa shares stories of heroes of the movement and encouraging progress being made globally, through law enforcement, and in grass roots organizations (including the author's own organization).
Please read this book. There is so much work to be done in eradicating slavery, and it starts with educating ourselves.
I received this book in exchange for my honest opinion, which I am always happy to give. Many thanks to #NetGalley and author Monique Villa. #SlavesAmongUs
While the numbers are staggering, Villa shows the humanity of this issue through extensive quotes and interviews, primarily with 3 former slaves. She reveals how they were groomed for trafficking, the conditions of their slavery, how they escaped, and - devastatingly- the complications and corruption that hindered their recoveries and reintegration.
Though the task is daunting, there is definitely hope. In the last chapters, Villa shares stories of heroes of the movement and encouraging progress being made globally, through law enforcement, and in grass roots organizations (including the author's own organization).
Please read this book. There is so much work to be done in eradicating slavery, and it starts with educating ourselves.
I received this book in exchange for my honest opinion, which I am always happy to give. Many thanks to #NetGalley and author Monique Villa. #SlavesAmongUs
September 10, 2019
"Slaves Among Us" provides details about global, modern slavery. The author looked at both forced labor and sex-trafficking slavery and had examples from various places in the world. While there were a few action points that the average person can do to help combat modern slavery, the book seemed more about educating people about the problem and a call for certain types of professionals to help fill current needs. The author mainly focused on the personal accounts of 3 people who experienced slavery. She added commentary about how people are tricked into slavery, what they go through, how they get free, and what they struggle with once they're free. She also talked some about what organizations are out there to help, what's being done, and what needs to be done in the future to really help victims and stop slavery. While the book was very informative, it's also hard to read what these people went through. However, I'd recommend it to anyone wanting to be better informed about this important issue.
I received an ebook review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
I received an ebook review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
September 18, 2025
Today I finished reading this powerful piece of writing on the world of human trafficking. It was such an eye opener on all the little unexpected places that actually harbour fellow humans as slaves. From manual car wash in London; pubs in Tokyo; saree/apparel in India, Bangladesh,Nepal; brick kiln in Pakistan; fishing and prawn farming in Thailand; cobalt mines for our smart phones in Congo; cocoa plantation in Africa; mica mines for cosmetic in Jharkhand and Bihar; and all our super cheap products from China... The stories go on and on.
Forced labour, debt bondage, sexual exploitation, child exploitation, criminal exploitation, early marriage, descent based slavery, exploitation of prisoners - laogai, these are all the various forms of exploitation occurring.
Do read this book, some events may be hard to digest but it's essential for us to know what is happening around us, how unknowingly we may be contributing to such cruel practice and also what is being done and can be done to reduce modern slavery.
Forced labour, debt bondage, sexual exploitation, child exploitation, criminal exploitation, early marriage, descent based slavery, exploitation of prisoners - laogai, these are all the various forms of exploitation occurring.
Do read this book, some events may be hard to digest but it's essential for us to know what is happening around us, how unknowingly we may be contributing to such cruel practice and also what is being done and can be done to reduce modern slavery.
August 29, 2019
*I received this book from NetGalley in return for a honest review*
It is not new to me that slavery still exists in the world, but I will be honest in that I don't think about it often. I do try and adjust my habits, such as avoiding makeup with mica in it, but human trafficking is not high on my radar.
This book is very eye opening. it shows the story of three people from around the world (including the United States) who became trafficked and how this happened and how it continues to happen. These are not easy to read stories, but these three at least have happy endings unlike many of these stories.
This is an important book and one where I connected to the people, and one that made me more invested in what is going on in the world around me that I have been ignorant to.
It is not new to me that slavery still exists in the world, but I will be honest in that I don't think about it often. I do try and adjust my habits, such as avoiding makeup with mica in it, but human trafficking is not high on my radar.
This book is very eye opening. it shows the story of three people from around the world (including the United States) who became trafficked and how this happened and how it continues to happen. These are not easy to read stories, but these three at least have happy endings unlike many of these stories.
This is an important book and one where I connected to the people, and one that made me more invested in what is going on in the world around me that I have been ignorant to.
January 12, 2020
Everyone should consider reading this book. It is highly readable and gives the lay person information they need to know about the ways people are enslaved and trafficked around the world today, including under our very nose. It lays out - sometimes in the victims' own words - how they were trafficked and the horror and pain they endured. It covers children being sold by their relatives, adults who are enslaved by job recruitment agencies, sex trafficking and more. A chapter delves into the mind of the trafficker and their motivations and another covers corporate supply chains and their use of using slave labor. Finally, there are concrete ways each one of us can help. Please read this book and consider what you can do to help end this shameful practice.
December 27, 2020
I rated this book with 5 stars, despite the content that was alarming, sickening, and at the very least eye-opening. Human trafficking is something no one talks about, something we think doesn’t affect us because it happens in 3rd world countries. The statistics and data that Villa supplies proves how pervasive this problem is, and how the standard of living in the West contributes to this massive social problem. As someone who identifies as a conservative, living by a strong faith/moral convictions, this book has helped me realize that valuing human life goes beyond the unborn and elderly. We must have our eyes opened, and begin to speak up for those who cannot.
October 14, 2019
This eye-opening book does a wonderful job of educating readers in the world of human trafficking with facts and resources. But most importantly, it gives us three accounts from former slaves, victims of the atrocities that are committed every day around the world. With everything happening in the news today, it's easy to forget that there are worse things happening to more people than we could ever imagine. I applaud this author for taking up this cause and using her platform to educate others on such an issue.
May 24, 2020
This elegantly written book by award winning journalist and former CEO of the impactful Thomson Reuters Foundation, Monique Villa, tells the stories of human slaves and trafficked people. These stories are bone chilling and many times happen right under our noses, yes, also in the USA. The book teaches us how to recognize the crimes and how all of us can do something about it. Well worth reading.
August 31, 2022
The subject is one that I am particularly passionate about so I tend to appreciate any book which brings light to the darkness of sex trafficking.
Despite my appreciation, I cannot give 5 stars because of the clear liberal bend of the author in support of gun control, baby murder (abortion), and the disintegration of the family through LGBTQ advancement. There is also no acknowledgement of God as the great healer.
Despite my appreciation, I cannot give 5 stars because of the clear liberal bend of the author in support of gun control, baby murder (abortion), and the disintegration of the family through LGBTQ advancement. There is also no acknowledgement of God as the great healer.
July 21, 2024
After reading Sold by Patricia McCormick, I understood how young girls living in poverty could be trafficked from poor countries, say, from Nepal to India. But this ebook expanded that view to the rest of the world, including developed countries like the UK and the U.S. The numbers are staggering. The author selected three people to tell their stories, two women and one man, to illustrate sex trafficking and debt bondage.
This is a book I won’t soon forget. Highly recommended!
This is a book I won’t soon forget. Highly recommended!
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December 15, 2019A must read book for all --
Takes one into the hidden world of human trafficking and what we can do to stop this appalling exploitation and destruction of those who suffer and the story of the traffickers who keep them trapped in the cycle.
Please read for we need to know what we can do to help eradicate and listen to the author's call for action.
Takes one into the hidden world of human trafficking and what we can do to stop this appalling exploitation and destruction of those who suffer and the story of the traffickers who keep them trapped in the cycle.
Please read for we need to know what we can do to help eradicate and listen to the author's call for action.
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June 12, 2020Human trafficking and slavery is a very important issue that needs to be solved. I appreciated the people who shared their stories. It is so important to speak out against, and it is very real and personal coming directly from the victims. I did not like the writer’s style in this book. It was disorganized and seemed to be self inflated almost glorifying the author. No rating.
August 29, 2020
Some of these stories are so awfully horrifying and I'm still kinda overwhelmed by how terrible some people are.
Reading this book has also made me realise how incredibly lucky I am in what and who I have in my life.
I always knew Human Trafficking was a thing, but to read a whole book about it and to read their stories firsthand...it's something different. What an eye-opener.
Reading this book has also made me realise how incredibly lucky I am in what and who I have in my life.
I always knew Human Trafficking was a thing, but to read a whole book about it and to read their stories firsthand...it's something different. What an eye-opener.
September 27, 2022
The subject matter was compelling and horrifying, but the writing was not. I remember being trained at my last job on how to detect and recognize signs of trafficking, but I certainly had no clue as to what actually goes on when one is trafficked, all its different forms and how prevalent it is. The grooming and the inhumanity just destroys slaves to their core.
February 3, 2020
This book is about a very important topic, but the organization makes it hard to follow in places. Some things just seemed odd, or out of place, as if the author had edited the book herself. I found the introduction, which focused on the author's life experiences, to be off putting.
February 8, 2020
This book is a very good introduction on this horrific global issue.
November 13, 2020
Eye-opening, modern slavery intro, well done. Raising awareness, but I'd like more concrete actions on how to stop this from happening.
July 31, 2023
Important information!
September 17, 2023
Very informative and nicely formated. Put those who have experienced this atrocity at the forefront of this book.
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