http://www.jewishtribune.ca/tribune/jt-060330-23.html
Most people dont know how big this problem is, said Larry Sakow, who
attended the public event. As a Jew, Im upset about the trafficking in
Israel. Its surprising that Jews have gotten into it and are making money.
Trafficking in women a worldwide epidemic, Malarek says
Up to 10,000 trafficked women in Israel and more than 280 brothels in Tel Aviv
alone By Julie Lesser
Tribune Correspondent
MONTREAL Calling human trafficking one of the greatest human rights abuses
of our time, Canadian journalist and social activist Victor Malarek addressed
the Jewish community at a Montreal synagogue last Thursday.
promoting a book he has written on the subject, Malarek said destitute Third
World and Eastern European females as young as 12 are tricked into leaving
their homelands with promises of wealth and prosperity in the West, as well as
Israel. Instead, they are sold into the sex trade by organized crime, gangs,
pimps and brothel owners.
Newspaper ads from modelling and employment agencies promise exciting jobs,
but the women are duped, Malarek told the Jewish Tribune. They must submit,
or they are raped, beaten and tortured. There are between 5,000 and 10,000
trafficked women in Israel and more than 280 brothels in Tel Aviv alone. It is
a human rights issue the Jewish community knows about. They have a voice and
they must use it.
The United Nations has cited human trafficking as an international crime
generating more than US$12 billion worldwide. More than 800,000 people are
trafficked annually, forced into prostitution and threatened with death should
they attempt to escape the clutches of their captors. Canada is both a means of
access to the United States, as well as a final destination for approximately
2,000 women each year.
Governments should be held accountable, said Liberal MP Irwin Cotler, who
also addressed the crowd. It is a very serious problem in Israel, and Canada
has been inadequate in the protection of victims of trafficking. It is a global
slave trade.
As the previous federal justice minister, Cotler aided in the implementation
of several bills addressing the protection of vulnerable individuals, yet he
openly admitted there have never been any prosecutions made for human
trafficking. He focused on raising the publics awareness of trafficking as a
method to prevent what he called the fastest rising criminal industry in the
world today. Responding to an audience members question, he said the problem
of mistakenly granting Canadian visas to people who should not obtain them is
an issue for the immigration department.
As customers demands for slave trade workers who do not have HIV or AIDS
increases, the age of victims proportionally decreases. UNICEF has determined
that approximately 1.7 billion children are victimized annually. Ironically,
Malarek didnt realize the gravity of the situation until he personally
witnessed how many young girls were trafficked into Kosovo to service troops
sent by the United Nations.
There is both national and international indifference, said Malarek. The
public looks at the victims with apathy or scorn and foreign women are not the
priority of most governments. Governments are complacent because the sex
industry brings in money.
Cotler noted that governments must work together in prosecuting oppressors
while protecting their victims. He said the RCMP is part of an international
trafficking unit that reflects cooperation among a number of governments. Human
trafficking should be a priority on international policy-making agendas, he
added, and complimented the United States on taking the lead in exercising what
he called moral leadership.
Most people dont know how big this problem is, said Larry Sakow, who
attended the public event. As a Jew, Im upset about the trafficking in
Israel. Its surprising that Jews have gotten into it and are making money.
Victor Malareks book, The Natashas: Inside the New Global Sex Trade, is
currently available.
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