A Crime So Monstrous
A Shocking Exposé of Modern-Day Sex Slavery, Human Trafficking and Urban Child Markets
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2008
Mainstream Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84596-346-0 (ISBN)
Mainstream Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-84596-346-0 (ISBN)
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Two hundred years after Parliament passed the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, over 27 million people worldwide languish in slavery, forced to work, under threat of violence, for no pay. In Africa, hundreds of thousands are considered chattel, while on the Indian subcontinent millions languish in generational debt bondage. Across the globe, women and children, sold for sex and labour, are already the second most lucrative commodity for organised crime.
Through eviscerating narrative, A Crime So Monstrous paints a stark picture of modern slavery. Skinner infiltrates trafficking networks and slave sales on four continents, exposing a flesh trade never before portrayed with such vivid detail. From mega-harems in Khartoum to illicit brothels in Bucharest, from slave quarries in India to urban child markets in Haiti, he lays bare a parallel universe where lives are bought, sold, used and discarded.
The personal stories related here are heartbreaking but in the midst of tragedy Skinner also discovered a quiet dignity that leads some to resist and aspire to freedom. He bears witness for them and for the millions that are held in the shadows - all victims of what is the greatest human-rights challenge facing our generation.
Through eviscerating narrative, A Crime So Monstrous paints a stark picture of modern slavery. Skinner infiltrates trafficking networks and slave sales on four continents, exposing a flesh trade never before portrayed with such vivid detail. From mega-harems in Khartoum to illicit brothels in Bucharest, from slave quarries in India to urban child markets in Haiti, he lays bare a parallel universe where lives are bought, sold, used and discarded.
The personal stories related here are heartbreaking but in the midst of tragedy Skinner also discovered a quiet dignity that leads some to resist and aspire to freedom. He bears witness for them and for the millions that are held in the shadows - all victims of what is the greatest human-rights challenge facing our generation.
E. Benjamin Skinner is a journalist whose work has appeared in several US publications, including Newsweek and the Los Angeles Times.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.3.2008 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 4 integrated maps |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 153 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 496 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84596-346-6 / 1845963466 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84596-346-0 / 9781845963460 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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