award-winning journalist David Batstone gives the most up-to-date.

As many as half of all those trafficked worldwide for sex and domestic slavery are children under 18 years of age. Not for Sale The Return of the Global Slave Trade-and How We Can Fight It. After illegal drug sales and arms trafficking, human trafficking is today the third most profitable criminal activity in the world, generating $31 billion annually. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. Trafficking in people has become increasingly transnational in scope and highly lucrative. Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade-and How We Can Fight It by David Batstone. An estimated 27 million people around the globe suffer in situations of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation from which they cannot free themselves.

This anniversary serves not only as a commemorative date for battles won against slavery, but also as a reminder that slavery and bondage still persist in the 21st century. In his accessible and inspiring book, Batstone carefully weaves the narratives of activists and those in bondage in a way that not only raises awareness of the modern-day slave trade, but also serves as a call to action.With 2007 bringing the 200th anniversary of the climax of the 19th century abolitionist movement, the world pays tribute to great visionary figures such as William Wilberforce of the United Kingdom and American Frederick Douglass for their remarkable strides toward framing slavery as a moral issue that people of good conscience could not tolerate. Award-winning journalist David Batstone reveals the story of a new generation of 21st century abolitionists and their heroic campaign to put an end to human bondage.

Not for Sale by David Batstone