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As I mentioned in the last entry, there are several changes coming to this website. First, we are going to commit to a regular schedule. Second, we are going to focus on the mission of the site, which is:

Giving a voice to victims, and helping their loved ones cope.

I have always had a soft spot in my heart for kids, but victims exist in every age category, in every race, in every socioeconomic category. The media seems to focus on the beautiful, and often there is a greater focus on young blonde white girls. I may give them some coverage, but i don't want to do so at the expense of any other child. In America, all are supposed to be equal. That's our policy here on Voiceless Victims.

I have had a lot of searches on psychological profiles, and so I want to give a series of checklists on identifying victims AND predators. Some lists I see include:

• How to recognize a child who has been abused.


• How to recognize a potential child molester.


• What to do if someone you know has been molested.


• What to do if someone you love is missing.


• How to identify some personality disorders.

Other things that I think are important including letting victims tell how they have overcome abuse, and explaining how forensic evidence has given a voice to those who could not tell.

I welcome any comments and suggestions, and I hope that we can, at some point, get involved in advocacy.

Many people in the world are oblivious to the hundreds of thousands of slaves that have fallen victim to predators world wide. One of the ways I stay aware of the statistics is through the iAbolish Anti-Slavery Network. As an American citizen, I take for granted so many things.

For some, every day is a nightmare. Imagine being a sexual slave, forced to have sex up to ten times a day, with strange men, just to "earn your way to freedom".

Imagine being a citizen in the country of Sudan, where the government actually supports the militia that rapes and kills every non-black and non-Muslim citizen of Darfur.

Even in the United States, there is slavery.

iAbolish is a project of the American Anti-Slavery Group (AASG), a 501c3 non-profit corporation. It is non-partisan and non-sectarian. Its members span the religious, ethnic, and political spectrum. With support that ranges across the political spectrum, the organization illustrates that slavery is not about Right and Left, but right and wrong.

For information on what you can do, go to iAbolish.com.
Sudan Activism Blog

A few weeks ago there was a special on Lifetime TV, of all places, about Human Trafficking, starring Mira Sorvino. WARNING: Turn your speakers down, it's loud!

The movie was hard to watch at times, because it does depict violence against women and children. But the fact of the matter is that those things really happen. The movie started out by explaining the motive for getting involved in Human Trafficking:

Selling Cocaine is a one-time business transaction. A certain amount of a drug sells once for $1000. A human, sold into sexual slavery, can be sold for $50 to $100:

• 4 or 5 times a day


• 7 days a week


• 52 weeks a year

for up to five or ten years, until these women “earn” back the money to buy back their visas, their passports, and their other immigration documents. They are powerless without their documents, and they are raped and beaten into submission. Some are told that their families will be murdered if they don't cooperate, or that their children will be abducted and sold.

The businessmen that traffic these young women aren't two-bit street thugs, they are often MBA graduates and professional businessmen. This trade is becoming THE illicit business to be in.

The disasters in Indonesia, India, Pakistan, and EVEN in New Orleans, have given easy access to vulnerable children. Others have been tricked into slavery through promises of international travel, modeling, marriage, and even sold by their own family for food money in areas of extreme poverty.

Children and young adults are grabbed out of the Mall of America, from the streets in Mexico City, and from beaches in Aruba. Apparently, Natalee Holloway's mother, Beth Twitty, may believe her daughter is alive and imprisoned in just such a situation.

Dan does a good job of monitoring the latest going's on in Aruba and in Alabama. He's not hyping it up like some, he tries to voice reasonable doubts and plausible suspicions. The boycott is silly. Oh, you didn't know about the boycott? Yeah, I haven't heard a thing about it ANYWHERE but on Drudge and at Dan's site.

I have all the admiration in the world for Beth Twitty. She has been THE example of a woman who wants justice for her child. I still believe that SHE is the reason the media (aka FOX News) will not stop talking about it.

The internet gives EVERYONE the opportunity to pursue justice for their family members. If you don't have any money, and your child is missing, send the information to us here and WE will get the word out.

So, what can YOU do about human trafficking? There are several programs to get involved in. World Vision works at creating income for victims of poverty, giving them skills and hope. Several other organizations also participate in awareness programs, making the world aware that the BIGGEST customer of the illegal sex trade is the US.

That's right, in our country there are professional men buying time with children in brothels in cities such as New York, Newark, Los Angeles, and others, as well as supporting the trade of child pornography, rape and S&M videography, and international travel for sex with children.

In the coming weeks we will be covering more information on what you can do, and on what you can do if you have been a victim of any of these horrible crimes.

We aren't here to sensationalize the crime. We are here to help you heal, o give you a voice, and a hope. Please read more to get the statistics, as published by the US Department of Justice.

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