Sex Trafficking: A Resource Guide

The Carolina Women’s Center

Chapel Hill, NC
Compiled by Sarah Schwarz
April, 2007.
Sex Trafficking Information Resource Guide
The Carolina Women’s Center
Chapel Hill, NC
Compiled by Sarah Schwarz
April, 2007.

Contents:

Periodical
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Scholarly Journals &

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Films &
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Internet Resources..………………..
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Note: The resources in this guide are not fully representative of the
international scope of available information about sex trafficking.
Instead, these resources are intended to frame recent cases of
trafficking in the United States within an international explanation of
the problem. To that end, the periodical sources are intended as a
starting point to locally contextualize the more complex international
patterns and research in the other sections of this guide.

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PERIODICAL SOURCES:

Brown, Tina A. “Woman Pleads Guilty to Sex Trafficking; A 24-

Year-Old Admits Her Role In Helping Coerce Four People, Including Two
Juvenile Girls, Into Prostitution.” Hartford Courant, 15 March, 2007.

Collins, Kristin. “Modern slavery draws scrutiny, activists focus on

trafficking in N.C.” The News and Observer 30 April, 2007.

Herbert, Bob. "Hidden in Brothels, Slavery by Another Name."

The New York Times, 1 Jun. 2006.

Kahn, Ric. “Bound for misery On the fast-moving circuit of

international sex trafficking, say police, women regularly shuttle in and
out of Boston.” The Boston Globe, 7 January, 2007.

Kristof, Nicolas D. “Bush Takes On The Brothels.” The New York

Times, 9 May, 2006.

Landesman, Peter. “The Girls Next Door.” The New York Times
Magazine, 25 January, 2004.

May, Meredith and Deanne Fitzmaurice. “A Youthful Mistake; You

Mi was a typical college student, until her first credit car got her into
trouble.” The San Francisco Chronicle, 8 October, 2006.

May, Meredith. “Diary of a Sex Slave: Third of a Four Part Special

Report; Bought and Sold; You Mi is put into debt bondage – life
becomes and endless cycle of sex with strangers.” The San Francisco
Chronicle, 9 October, 2006.

May, Meredith. “Diary of a Sex Slave; The Story; How we

reported the series.” The San Francisco Chronicle, 9 October, 2006.

Pope, Victoria, and Margaret Loftus. "Trafficking in Women." U.S.

News & World Report, 7 April, 1997: 38.-42

Ratcilffe, Heather. “Two Men Accused of Forcing Girl Into

Prostitution.” St.Louis Post-Dispatch, 31 March, 2007.

Schulte, Brigid. “From Mentor to House Arrest;Sex Charges

Against Ex-Md. Coach Surprise Many.” The Washington Post, 24

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November, 2006.

Sheehan, Ruth R. "Sex Trafficking Has Hit North Carolina: What

Are We Doing about It?" The News and Observer 30 Apr. 2006.

Walsh, Denny. “Violent pimp gets long term; Ex-con ran a

traveling prostitution ring in the West, recruited minors.” The
Sacramento Bee 10 February, 2007.

SCHOLARLY JOURNALS & RESEARCH:

Chuang, Janie. "Beyond a Snapshot: Preventing Human

Trafficking in the Global Economy." Indiana Journal of Global Legal
Studies 13.1 (2006): 137-163.

Hughes, Donna M. and Janice G. Raymond. “Sex Trafficking of

Women in the United States: International and Domestic Trends.”
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW) March 2001.

“International Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and

Children.” The American Journal of International Law Vol. 95, No. 2
(Apr., 2001), pp. 407-410

Jackson, Nicole J. "International Organizations, Security

Dichotomies and the Trafficking of Persons and Narcotics in Post-Soviet
Central Asia: A Critique of the Securitization Framework." Security
Dialogue 37.3 (2006): 229-317.

Kapstein, Ethan B. "The New Global Slave Trade." Foreign Affairs

85.6 (2006): 103-115.

Orlova, Alexandra V. "Trafficking of Women and Children For

Exploitation in the Commercial Sex Trade: The Case of the Russian
Federation.” Georgetown Journal of Gender & the Law 6.2 (2005): 157-
178.

Samarasinghe, Vidyamali, and Barbara Burton. "Strategising

prevention: a critical review of local initiatives to prevent female sex
trafficking." Development in Practice 17.1 (2007): 51-64.

Schuckman, Emily E. "Antitrafficking Policies in Asia and the

Russian Far East: A Comparative Perspective." Demokratizatsiya 14.1
(2006): 85-102.

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 Shigekane, Rachel. "Rehabilitation and Community Integration of
Trafficking Survivors in the United States." Human Rights Quarterly
29.1 (2007): 112-136.

"TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT RELEASED BY THE OFFICE TO

MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS JUNE 3, 2005."
Trends in Organized Crime 9.1 (2005): 55-100.

FILMS & DOCUMENTARIES:

Counterpoint For Her. 2004, Dir. Danijela Majstorovic.

This short documentary provides a comprehensive overview of the
state of human trafficking in the Balkan region of the world,
interviewing various individuals who have been involved with sexual
trafficking at different levels.

Lilja 4-Ever. 2002, Dir. Lukas Moodysson.

This fictional account of sex trafficking centers around sixteen year old
Lilja, who is struggling on her own in Estonia after her mother moves to
America with a boyfriend. Without family or income and with just one
friend, twelve-year-old Volodja, Lilja is convinced by a new boyfriend
that her prospects will be better in Sweden, with him.

Sex Slaves. PBS Frontline, original airdate, 7 February, 2006, Dir.

Ric Esther Bienstick.
This powerful documentary film focuses on the trafficking of women in
Eastern Europe and follows one man as he attempts to find his
pregnant wife who has been sold into sexual slavery in Turkey by a
family friend.

More films:

Human Trafficking (2005)

Trade (Anticipated 2007 release)

More documentaries:

Highway Courtesans (2005)

Night Girl (2001)

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 The Peacekeepers and the Women (2003)

BOOKS:

Beeks, Karen and Delila, Amire, eds. Trafficking and the Global
Sex Industry. Oxford,UK: Lexington Books, 2006.
This compilation is the direct result of the Trafficking [in persons] &
Trade: The Impact of Globalization on Women Conference held in
March of 2003. The Denver, Colorado conference included workshops
for law enforcement, advocates and service providers as well as a
panel discussion on Burma, where most of these chapters were first
presented. The information covers international trafficking exclusively,
though it does address the trafficking of Mexican women into the
United States and the U.S. legislation that deals with forced labor
within the country.

Ehrenreich, Barbara, and Arlie Russell Hochschild, eds.. Global

Woman: Nannies, Maids, and Sex Workers in the New Economy. New
York: Metropolitan Books, 2003.
This compilation of essays maps the new pattern of global female
migration, or what the editors call a “worldwide gender revolution.”
Increasing numbers of women are emigrating in the globalizing
economy, both illegally or legally, coerced and trafficked or of their
own volition. The fifteen essays tackle the various manifestations of
this trend, from the sexual trafficking of children, to mail order brides
and migrant domestic workers.

Farr, Kathryn. Sex Trafficking, The Global Market in Women and

Children. New York: Worth Publishers, 2005.
This text is a comprehensive reference guide to sex trafficking,
broaching the scope, causes and consequences of the problem on the
global, macro and local levels. Unlike many guides to sex trafficking,
this one addresses the demand for the sex trade in a historical and
societal context.

King, Gilbert. Woman, child for sale: the new slave trade in the
21st century. New York: Chamberlain Bros., 2004.
King zeroes in on individual cases of trafficking victims from various
countries around the world, with in-depth detail of the particularities in
each situation. The second portion of the book focuses on detailing
cases of known traffickers, again taking a sample from an assortment
of countries. The third section chronicles the history of slavery, placing
modern day human trafficking in the context of the larger issue.
Finally, the book addresses and analyzes the extent of the problem

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and progress achieved by geographic regions or countries.

Kyle, David. Global Human Smuggling: Comparative

Perspectives. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
This compilation of essays addresses the larger problems that fuel the
practice of sex trafficking within the context of the history and politics
that have shaped the current state of human smuggling—both
voluntary and not. Drawing from various regions of the world, some of
the topics covered include the paradoxical relationship between tighter
U.S. border and the power of smuggling groups and patterns of
transnational Russian organized crime.

Malarek, Victor. The Natashas: Inside the New Global Sex Trade.
New York: Arcade Publishing, 2004.
Malarek immersed himself in the world of Eastern European sex
trafficking to create this in-depth, insider view of the practice. Through
extensive interviews with those working on both sides of the issue,
often undercover as a buyer, Malarek is able to provide a detailed
account of both individual experiences of trafficking and the bigger
picture networks that allow sex trafficking to function so successfully
on an international level.

Skrobanek, Siriporn, Nattaya Boonpakdi, and Chutima

Janthakeero.. The Traffic in Women: Human Realities of the
International Sex Trade. London: Zed Books, 1997.
The Foundation for Women in Thailand, a non-governmental
organization in Bangkok, compiles their extensive research in this book
to provide a comprehensive look at trafficking in Thailand. The authors
address the root causes, the motivations for migration, trafficking
networks in the region and the working conditions within the sex trade.
As the information in this text comes mainly from the Foundation’s
first-hand experience, it is specific and detailed, often interspersed
with quotes from trafficking victims themselves.

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INTERNET SOURCES:

The Campaign to Rescue and Restore Victims of Human

Trafficking, The Department of Health and Human Services. “Fact
Sheet: Sex Trafficking.”
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/about/fact_sex.html

Captive Daughters, Dedicated to ending sex trafficking. “A non-

profit organization committed to ending the exploitative practice of sex
trafficking, with a particular focus on girls and women.”
www.captivedaughters.org.

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW). “A non-

governmental organization that promotes women's human rights by
working internationally to combat sexual exploitation in all its forms.”
http://www.catwinternational.org

Estes, Richard J. and Neil A. Weiner. “The Commercial Sexual

Exploitation of Children in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Full Report of
the U.S. National Study.”
http://caster.ssw.upenn.edu/~restes/CSEC_Files/Complete_CSEC_0202
20.pdf

Human Rights Watch. Reports about HRW’s work to combat

trafficking in various forms.
http://www.hrw.org/women/trafficking.html.

“Human Smuggling and Trafficking.” The U.S. State Department,

Global Issues.
http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/global_issues/human_trafficking.html

HumanTrafficking.Org, Empowerment Through Knowledge. “A

web resource for combating human trafficking.”
http://www.humantrafficking.org

MTV EXIT, Campaign to End Exploitation and Trafficking.

www.mtvexit.org

The Polaris Project, Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-

day Slavery. “Based in the United States and Japan, we bring together
community members, survivors, and professionals to fight trafficking
and slavery in the spirit of a modern-day Underground Railroad.”

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www.polarisproject.org

“The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in

Persons.” The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/trafficking_protocol.html

SAGE Project (Standing Against Global Exploitation). “a nonprofit

organization with one primary aim: bringing an end to the commercial
sexual exploitation of children and adults.”
http://www.sagesf.org/index.html

“Teen Girls’ Stories of Sex Trafficking in U.S.” ABC Primetime, 9

February, 2006. http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?
id=1596778&page=1

“Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000.” The

U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division. 28 October, 2000.
http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/traffickingsummary.html

Women’s Human Rights Net. “Providing comprehensive

information and analysis on women’s human rights and global issues.”
http://www.whrnet.org/.