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New York Times: The Evil Behind the Smiles

Jan 1, 2009

Nicholas Kristoff just wrote an op-ed in the New York times about Sina Vann’s heart-wrenching story. Sina was sold into slavery in Cambodia, but escaped (thanks to a raid organized by Somaly Mam), and now works with Somaly to fight human trafficking. From the article:

    “After being freed, Sina began studying and eventually became one of Somaly’s trusted lieutenants. They now work together, in defiance of death threats from brothel owners, to free other girls. To get at Somaly, the brothel owners kidnapped and brutalized her 14-year-old daughter. And six months ago, the daughter of another anti-trafficking activist (my interpreter when I interviewed Sina) went missing.”

     Check out the full article on the New York Times. Also, you can help the story reach others by voting it up on Reddit, a social news site, here. It’s already made the front page with over 670 votes, as of the time of this writing!

 

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