Thursday, May 26, 2005

Child Trafficking: A Thriving, $10 Billion per Year Industry / VOA News, 25 May 2005

http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-05-25-voa60.cfm
"Buying and selling children is internationally recognized as a crime. Political leaders and human rights activists everywhere condemn it as a despicable, abhorrent act. Nonetheless, child trafficking is a thriving, $10 billion a year industry that spans every region of the globe. In this first of a multi-part series on child trafficking, VOA's Peter Heinlein at the United Nations examines the campaign to wipe out this social evil, and the powerful forces that keep it alive."