1st Edition

Stolen Lives Trading Women Into Sex and Slavery

By Sietske Altink Copyright 1996
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

“Dancers/Hostesses required for top cabaret nightclubs both here and overseas. No experience necessary. Mega bucks to be earned. Telephone. . . ” Would you answer an ad like this? Thousands of women do and fall victim to the illegal trafficking in women by organized crime syndicates. Driven by the desire to start a career or escape poverty, women migrate in search of work and a... Read more
Contents Preface
  • The Characteristics of Traffic
  • Traffic Old and New
  • A Global Brothel in a Global Village
  • Traffic and Prostitution in the Netherlands
  • Thailand to Europe: A One-Way Ticket
  • Colombian Gangs: They See Everything 
  • Artificial Families
  • The Greek Connection
  • The Belgian Billionaire Gang
  • “I Was Safer in Yugoslavia Than in Holland”
  • The Red Mafia
  • Mail-Order Marriage
  • The Trade in Domestic Workers
  • Nobody’s Business
  • Bibliography

Biography

Sietske Altink