Aaron Cohen: Innocence for Sale

I read Aaron Cohen's fascinating book "Slave Hunter" over the summer.  It's harrowing and some of his methods are controversial, but definitely worth a read--if you're interested, you can find a link to it in the "Reading" section over to the right.

In the meantime, Mr. Cohen continues to shed light on child sex trafficking, this time with the help of CNN.  CNN Hong Kong actually reached out to me about their recent program called "Innocence for Sale." I'm so grateful that they did, and now I will share it with you.



http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/international/2010/01/27/wus.innocence.for.sale.cnn

I think what is so devastating about child sex trafficking is how many forms of injustice and suffering combine to each play their hands.  Extreme poverty. Sexual abuse. Child abuse. Forced drug addiction. Old taking advantage of the young. Strong taking advantage of the weak. Rich taking advantage of the poor. Parents being forced to sell their own children. Disease. Governments, police, the rest of us, either feeding the cycle directly or just doing nothing to help.

This, in a word, is tragedy. This is heartbreak. This is hard to watch.

This makes me cry.