Human Traffic: Sex, Slaves & Immigration

by Craig McGill

Book Overview

A controversial investigation into the shady world of people smuggling, which examines the scope of this illegal trade around the world. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904132170
• ISBN13: 9781904132172
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Vision
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

An inside look at immigration

This book was a great read. Very simple in its syntax and a book that anyone who has an interest in the "hot-button" item of immigration should read. Many first-hand accounts fill this relatively small book, and they give it the feel of being inside the human trafficking world. Be careful, this book may change the way you view immigrants...for the better.

Stopping sex trafficing

This is a subject that little or no attention is given. It is nice to see someone address it. It is amazing what human beings can do to each other.

Stories about desperate people and the walls that block them

McGill has given us a well laid out, quick introduction to the millions of desperate people who seek, regardless of risk of life or financial cost, to start life over in a 1st world country. He also shows how these very countries are determined not to let them in. The book is in three sections: The Immigrants, The Smugglers and the Authorities. In each section, McGill uses his journalistic skills, highlighting the human side of all concerned. He writes intelligently about the plight of those who want a better life and freedom from oppression, about the greed of the highly organized criminals that run the trafficking engine, and notes the frustration of the authorities who are professionally trained, competent and often hamstrung by politics. The desperate stories of the illegal are gripping and graphic. Few who read this book, if they were in the same situation would not try to find a better life. You will read the stories of the lowlife, scumbags who make billions (not just millions) of dollars trafficking human flesh. These syndicates (often connected with the Police and Military in Asia) actually laugh at the often-feeble attempt that nations put up to stop trafficking. More than about the sex trade or slaves, McGill writes about "illegal" entry into various nations and the journey that it takes such a brave and frantic soul. In the USA alone (2002 statistics) there were 9 to 13 million illegal aliens (mostly Mexicans) living in the country. Each day tens of thousands attempt to cross the porous border. Now, post 9/11, the book points out a few of the efforts that more vigilant countries have taken to curb the movement of millions of people per year who want in. Most of the 9/11 terrorists were in the USA because of a seriously flawed department of immigration management system. Nothing is mentioned in the book about this. Now there is a good chance that millions of the `illegals' in the US will be granted legal status by President Bush. This blatant political action would make a sham out of the existing legal immigration programs that honest applicants go through legally, often waiting years, to get in the USA legally. Bush's legalization of illegal aliens sends the message to all seeking to enter the USA "Why try to be honest and legal when it is easier to arrive illegally and get a politically motivated pardon later." McGill's book is not about just immigration into the USA. He also shows how England, Germany and Australia have greater immigration problems that the USA does. He points out that a few, like Norway and Australia, have seriously tightened up their program and clamped down on illegal entry into their countries. This is a quick, short airplane read and it would be a great introduction for High School and College students. The general populace will find his writing clear and engaging. The book has a discernable bias for the illegal needing to get in. More so than the right of nations to defend

Surprising

Much has been written about the subject of refugees and asylum seekers. Wave after wave of polemic fills the column inches across countries in Europe, yet little is known about the people smugglers themselves.Into this charged debate comes 'Human Traffic' . This book is an intriguing, informative and occasionally pretty surprising read. Crisply written and opening a door into an often-talked about, yet closed world, it is a credit to Scottish journalist Craig McGiill's efforts and investigations over several years.I would certainly have no hesitation in recommending it.