Thursday, January 27, 2005

Human Traffickers Prey on Tsunami's Most Vulnerable Victims

http://crosswalk.com/faith/1308575.html

[Crosswalk.com] January 27, 2005--Before the debris settled on the devastating Southeast Asia tsunami of December 26, reports of human trafficking emerged from the region. With the death toll now higher than 200,000, tens of thousands still missing, and entire costal villages decimated, it’s hard to imagine things getting much worse for the nations involved. Yet as incomprehensible as it seems, evidence is mounting that child trafficking gangs are preying on the region’s thousands of children who are orphaned or separated from their parents.

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