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©2007
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301 pages ; 21 cm
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"Amazing Change Campaign official book"--Cover
Introduction: finding slavery in my own backyard -- Shining light into the sexual darkness: Cambodia and Thailand -- Breaking the chains of bonded laborers: South Asia -- Rescuing the child soldiers: Uganda -- Undermining the sex syndicate: Europe -- Sheltering the lost children: Peru -- Building a new Underground Railroad: USA -- Conclusion: ending the slave trade in our time
Human trafficking generates $31 billion annually and enslaves 27 million people around the globe, half of them children under the age of eighteen. Award-winning journalist David Batstone, whom Bono calls "a heroic character," profiles the new generation of abolitionists who are leading the struggle to end this appalling epidemic"--P. [4] of cover