Could it be happening in YOUR town?

National news is abuzz about the prostitution ring in Maine.  Such a small sleepy town, only 10,000 people.  Hundreds of men are on a list given to the please by a prostitute (Alexis Wright).  Her cover business was Zumba, but records (kept in remarkable detail) show a list of the men she was sleeping with, the services rendered, and how much those services cost.  This is happening in MAINE.  I'm pretty sure if we dig deep enough we could find it in our own towns.  Are we too afraid to take the beast of prostitution on?  How about those who are forced into the business?  What about sex slavery?  I think we need to bust the doors open.  The men on Wright's list included lawyers, officers, and upstanding, influential men in the town.  We don't talk about it enough.  Honestly, the issue isn't brought attention to policy makers or politicians.  It's the white elephant in the room.  It's swept under the rug.  We're ridiculous.  Absolutely stupid.

So is it happening where YOU are? What will you DO about it?

K the B: The Girl Without a Head

K the B: The Girl Without a Head: As I was sitting and watching the news last night, a story came on about a 19-year-old girl from Bethany, OK.  She was murdered by her pimp...

Finally, someone gets put away.

They convicted a man and woman for sex trafficking in Scotland.  They only moved 14 men and women for trafficking, ONLY.  How sad is it that I'm saying only.  Anyway, the more information that gets out about sex trafficking, the more people begin to understand that it is a problem with exponential growth.  It's all over the world; in every nation there is some form of it.  Third world countries are blamed for spawning it, but the first world countries are demanding it.  Yep, it's pretty screwed up.  But my blog is to inform you, the reader, of these things that really piss me off.  I'm trying to not have a bitter hatred of the two people listed in the below link.  Read and know.  If it touches you, share.  We need to expose this terrible practice every chance we get.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18783948

Russia calls us on our crap.

I love that the US likes to pretend that it's the omnipresent police force of the universe.  A report was compiled about human trafficking, and of course Russia and former Soviet Union nations got a bad grade.  It's true, when you think about trafficking humans, you automatically think of some dirty mafia thug kidnapping little girls from the school yard.  Do I picture him being Russian or Slavic? Maybe.  That or some Asian drug-king recruiting young women to be "entertainers and bartenders."

But Russia says that's not fair.  You know, they're right.  The US is a main importer of these women.  US men go on sex tours in Japan and Singapore, and other eastern countries--number one customers.  Russians and Asians may kidnap the girls, but heck, we Americans pay for them to do it.  We are the demanders looking for the supply which happens to be poor souls looking for money, whether it be male recruiters/managers/kidnappers or innocent/desperate women trying for a better life.  Yeah, we pay for them.  In reality, the heart of the problem is poverty on one end, and intense sexual perversion and greed on the other.  We're the greedy, sex hungry ones...obviously.  If there wasn't a demand, wouldn't the trade dwindle?  But it's not.  It's thriving.

In fact, it's surpassing the drug trade.  Drugs are a commodity that once used, the supply must be replenished, regrown, etc.  But a woman/child is a commodity that can be used over and over again.  It is estimated that one woman alone earns $250,000 a year.  Around 14,500 to 17,500 foreign nationals are smuggled into our nation every year.  That's over $3.5 billion to $4.3 billion a year.  And just so you know, the numbers of women and children trafficked are probably vastly underestimated.  This is international organized crime.  And we, ladies and gentleman, are the main customers.