Stolen Lives: Trading Women into Sex and Slavery [Paperback]

Sietske Altink (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1995

“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 better life for themselves and for their families. For some, this search is the beginning of a nightmare experience. From “hotel receptionist” to nightclub “dancer” to “domestic worker,” Stolen Lives: Trading Women Into Sex and Slavery exposes how women are hired in their country of origin, transported, left without money, passports, or permits, and become trapped into prostitution or domestic slavery. Branded as illegal aliens and marooned in a culture they don’t understand, they have nowhere to go and no one to help them.

With personal testimony from women caught in the trafficking web, Stolen Lives reveals the violent inner workings of international crime networks, the routes and methods involved, and how trafficking gangs are able to circumvent the law.

The trade in women is one of the most shameful abuses of human rights, yet it continues to be ignored by national governments. Stolen Lives confronts the hidden scandal of global trafficking which exploits women as they attempt to emancipate themselves.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Dutch --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Scarlet Pr (November 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1857270975
• ISBN-13: 978-1857270976
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,613,457 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Stolen Lives: Trading Women into Sex and Slavery (Paperback)

I was really dissappointed with this book. The cover page seemed to suggest it was about women who had been forced or tricked into prostitution. I found myself wondering how they felt when they found out they had been tricked. How did they end up getting out of this and putting their lives back together? These types of questions were never addressed. It was mostly dealing with the number of incidences that happen in varies countries. How the laws have changed over the years etc. It was more text book quality than I would have expected. Also, contrary to the title the vast majority of the women they mention in the book entered this life fully knowing what they were doing. Nothing was stolen from them, they gave it away. It might be a good book for a social studies discussion but not for interesting reading.