http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/living/9481224.htm

SLeone 'child-smuggler' arrests


The 10-year civil war has left many orphans and great poverty
Three people have been arrested and charged with smuggling 29 children to the
United States for adoption, say police in Sierra Leone.
A senior policeman told the BBC the suspects used to work for a local aid
agency running orphanages in the north.

He said two suspects then set up an orphanage, and persuaded poor parents to
give up their children for adoption.

The police allege the children were then smuggled to a neighbouring country and
flown to the United States.


The arrests followed an Interpol investigation into child trafficking in West
Africa.

The remaining children from the home have been placed with social services, say
the police.

The authorities say they are doing their best to track down the children in the
US and get them returned.

The United Nations Children's Fund estimates that about 200,000 West African
children are trafficked each year; most are taken to Europe or sold into
slavery as domestic workers.








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In article <20040824092510.20025.00001604@mb-m25.aol.com>,
lilmtncbn@aol.com (LilMtnCbn) wrote:

The United Nations Children's Fund estimates that about 200,000 West African children are trafficked each year; most are taken to Europe or sold into slavery as domestic workers.


Yep, slavery is alive and well. While the UN is perfectly capable of
documenting it, it is incapable of doing anything about it.




steve

"Steve White" <steve@spam.me.never> wrote in message
news:steve-2F2229.21500024082004@netnews.comcast.net... In article <20040824092510.20025.00001604@mb-m25.aol.com>, lilmtncbn@aol.com (LilMtnCbn) wrote: The United Nations Children's Fund estimates that about 200,000 West African children are trafficked each year; most are taken to Europe or sold into slavery as domestic workers. Yep, slavery is alive and well. While the UN is perfectly capable of documenting it, it is incapable of doing anything about it. steve

Just curious. What do you expect them to do? We've got do-gooding USians
who are going out and buying p slaves to release them, which just feeds the
market. The market has to be starved but then that's not something liberals
what to think about. If it saves must one....

Marley

In article <UhTWc.244350$OB3.52714@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
"Marley Greiner" <maddogmarley@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
The United Nations Children's Fund estimates that about 200,000 West African children are trafficked each year; most are taken to Europe or sold into slavery as domestic workers. Yep, slavery is alive and well. While the UN is perfectly capable of documenting it, it is incapable of doing anything about it. Just curious. What do you expect them to do? We've got do-gooding USians who are going out and buying p slaves to release them, which just feeds the market. The market has to be starved but then that's not something liberals what to think about. If it saves must one....


I recall that the Brits in the 1840's had a way of dealing with this.
Took a while but they eventually shut down the 'Middle Passage'. Of
course, they weren't too nice about it at times, something that would
drive present-day liberals nuts ("ooooo! iickky! We can't do thaaat!").

I think we could spare a few military units for this, and I'm sure the
Brits and Aussies would be game.




steve

"Steve White" <steve@spam.me.never> wrote in message
news:steve-89CFEA.23062725082004@netnews.comcast.net... In article <UhTWc.244350$OB3.52714@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, "Marley Greiner" <maddogmarley@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > The United Nations Children's Fund estimates that about 200,000 > West African children are trafficked each year; most are taken to > Europe or sold into slavery as domestic workers. Yep, slavery is alive and well. While the UN is perfectly capable of documenting it, it is incapable of doing anything about it. Just curious. What do you expect them to do? We've got do-gooding USians who are going out and buying p slaves to release them, which just feeds the market. The market has to be starved but then that's not something liberals what to think about. If it saves must one.... I recall that the Brits in the 1840's had a way of dealing with this. Took a while but they eventually shut down the 'Middle Passage'. Of course, they weren't too nice about it at times, something that would drive present-day liberals nuts ("ooooo! iickky! We can't do thaaat!"). I think we could spare a few military units for this, and I'm sure the Brits and Aussies would be game. steve

But that's Wilsonian. America, the do-gooder of the world. Maybe nothing
should be done . I don't know.

Marley