CRIM 412 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Contemporary Slavery
31 Jan 2020
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The practice of offering one"s body for indiscriminate intercourse usually in exchange for something of monetary value. During prohibition organized crime"s interest in prostitution waned as it was easier to make money bootlegging alcohol. Brothel industry reached its peak in 1939 but after 1945 the brothel as a source of income for organized crime declined. Once exclusively under the control of organized crime is now widely available throughout canada and the united states. Organized crime involvement today may be strictly parasitic-extorting protection. More likely to be involved in internet sex-cramming-than providing pornography. Indenture of undocumented workers: commercial sex industry. Form of modern day slavery: prey on women who are poor and lured with false promises of employment, travel documents are seized and confiscated to ensure control. Demand for transplantable organs and human tissue far exceeds available legitimate means and regulated supply. Two million children exploited in the global commercial sex trade.
