"People smuggling is now more lucrative than drug smuggling. Human Traffic examines this phenomenon and takes a global overview of this criminal activity. There are more than five million illegal aliens residing in the USA. How did they get here? And who helped them? Human Traffic investigates these questions. It contains interviews from the individuals and criminal gangs that mastermind the unlawful movement of people across international borders. Investigative journalist Craig McGill also examines the people who are willing to risk their life savings, and sometimes even their lives, in order to escape poverty by moving to the West."

Human Traffic_Sex, Slaves and Immigration

Craig McGill

London: Vision

Fusion Press

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

April 28, 2004

PT, 2004

People smuggling is now a more lucrative illicit industry than drug smuggling. Human Traffic is the first general interest book to examine this phenomenon, and the only book that takes a global overview of this criminal activity. There are more than five million illegal aliens residing in the U.S. alone. They mostly come from Mexico, the Philippines, India, Vietnam and China. But how did they get into the country? And who helped them? Human Traffic is the first book to investigate these questions, and it contains interviews from the individuals and criminal gangs that mastermind the unlawful movement of people across international borders. Investigative journalist Craig McGill also examines the people who are willing to risk their life savings, and sometimes even their lives, in order to escape poverty by moving to the West. He finds that the smugglers' promises of a new and better life often amount to nothing, and frequently the migrants find themselves in worse circumstances than they were before. Through powerful interviews, the reader learns what it is like to be an illegal immigrant -- the difficulties that the lack of an official identity can bring, the strain of a secret existence and, in all too many cases, the devastation of being sold into sexual and economic slavery

vii, 216 p. ; 22 cm
Interviews with both immigrants and members of the underworld in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Australia who organize this illicit movement of people and reveal the immigrants' experiences with sexual slavery, long hours in sweatshops, or living without access to health care, legal housing, and education
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-215)

2023-06-28