Lydia Cacho (2014) | Slavery Is Big Business

In the West, slavery is often seen as a dark part of the
colonial past. Although it’s illegal in all countries, it
remains alive and well—and is growing dramatically. Impervious
to recession, it forms a thriving part of the globalised sex
industry run by organised crime. International trafficking of
women and children for sex is a multi-billion
dollar business that won’t be anywhere near ‘abolition’
until those who make money from its operations and buy its
services think again about what being complicit in slavery
means.  




Lydia Cacho is an award-winning investigative journalist,
writer and activist. Her reporting focuses on violence against
women in her home country of Mexico. Her latest book is Slavery
Inc.: The untold story of international sex trafficking.