The Children’s Rights Writer/Blogger and Bridge to Freedom Foundation, which works to enhance and improve the services and opportunities available to survivors of modern slavery, Executive Director Cassandra Clifford has written her first piece for the International Relations and Security Network (ISN). Cassandra will now be writing for ISN Insights on a monthly basis, and her current piece is published under Current Affairs – Security Watch. Look for more from Cassandra on human trafficking at ISN to come in the new year as she looks to go in-depth on various key issues of human trafficking.
The word ‘slavery’ often conjures brutal images of a long since vanquished historic project, but its practice, more commonly and legally referred to as human trafficking, continues to thrive in every corner of the globe – making it the world’s second largest criminal industry.People are comparatively cheaper than they were in the 1600-1800s, when slaves were purchased for life. Now ownership tends to last only a few months to a few years, making slaves cheaper to purchase and more easily disposable. In 1850 the purchase price of a slave in the southern US averaged the equivalent of $40,000 today…Click here to read the full article.
