Human trafficking in Florida

A few weeks back, William Finnegan had an outstanding piece of reportage in the New Yorker on the scourge of human trafficking. Most people don't know enough about the scope or intensity of this tragic trade in human flesh, so, if you haven't read the article yet, I want to draw your attention to it. Well-worth your while. Here's the link. And here's a link to an MP3 file of Finnegan talking about related matters.

The article addresses how the globalization of human trafficking occurs, with a focus on the efforts from those in states like Moldova. However for those of you interested in what the "counter-traffickers" do here in the US, and particularly in Florida, you might find this article from the Florida Bar News useful and interesting, which profiles the work done by the FSU's Center for the Advancement of Human Rights, and specifically the Center's head, Terry Coonan, and my wife, Wendi Adelson. This is a cause that has drawn wide and deep bipartisan support, and should continue to do so. The US is a magnet destination for traffickers and their victims and its reduction requires vigilance--from all of us.

Happy Father's Day.