The red light district has become an iconic symbol of the commercialized sex industry.  Pimps and human traffickers often use these districts to their advantage, looking to make a profit from the many johns/buyers who frequently visit in search of spending a few dollars on a child or woman.    This happens everywhere.   The United States.  Thailand.   India.  The Netherlands.

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I’d like to direct your attention to some recent media activity about Japan and an American journalist living there named Jake Adelstein.  Jake’s new book, entitled Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan, is a memoir of his experiences investigating the Yakuza, one of the largest crime syndicates in the country.  He recently discussed this topic on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and on NPR. [Read more →]

Created by law in 2000, the T-visa for trafficking victims is a wonderful sign of America’s heart – a status to allow an undocumented person who is in fact a human trafficking victim to stay in America and get richly deserved help. To its credit, Italy had a similar policy even before the United States. [Read more →]

Fifteen minutes of sexual intercourse for $30 dollars cash.

That’s the going rate for men seeking to buy commercial sex from one of the major sex trafficking networks that spans throughout the United States.  Women held in these brothels are bought by a different man every 15 minutes.  Four different men per hour, like clockwork.  Maybe upwards of 30 to 40 different men per day, for 12 hours, 7 days a week. [Read more →]