-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/4/3/60207 Report Tracks Prostitution Trade into US UPI April 3, 2000 A CIA report says that the United States has insufficient laws to address a situation where each year up to 50,000 women and children are brought to the United States from Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe and forced to work as prostitutes or abused laborers, the New York Times reported Sunday. The 79-page report, which was completed in November but has not been officially released by the government, is based on interviews with government officials, police and victims as well as on reviews of documents and prior research, the Times said. Examples found by the CIA include Thai women brought to the United States and forced to be "virtual sex slaves," the Times reported. The CIA said it found Latvian women forced to dance naked, Chinese-Korean women held as indentured servants and Mexican women and girls promised housekeeping jobs but told to work as prostitutes, the newspaper reported. Mostly in Asian and African countries where girls are not valued, they are sold and smuggled out to the United States, the Times said. A task force established by Attorney General Janet Reno two years ago to address the issue has been meeting every two or three months, the paper said. But federal officials say government efforts are badly coordinated and ineffective. And when traffickers are caught and convicted, penalties are light, the paper said. There are few federal or state laws aimed specifically to stop the trafficking of humans, the Times said. "These low penalties and the long, complicated and resource-intensive nature of trafficking cases tend to make them unattractive to many US attorneys," the newspaper quoted the report as saying. Almost no government analysts are considering the problem, a government official told the paper. -- Copyright 2000 by United Press International. All rights reserved. -- ----------------------- NOTE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ----------------------- ________________________________________________________ 1stUp.com - Free the Web® Get your free Internet access at http://www.1stUp.com <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
