Prologue

Slavery is one of the oldest institutions known to man. Records show that it was actively practiced as far back as Sumer civilization and followed after that in every dominant culture. It encompassed every race and religion, and it included most countries in America, Europe, Africa, China, and Iceland. Today human trafficking is a crime, being executed under considerable stress because of the new laws that authorities officially enforce, attempting to eliminate slavery. That does not mean that the law is efficient to reduce slavery, but slave mongers must execute it under considerable stress. It remains an extremely profitable enterprise. Slave mongers still trap millions of people in various forms of slavery all over the world, and the numbers are more significant than ever, related as a percentage to the population explosion as well as to social inequalities.

When we are talking about slavery today, we assume that we are talking about black slavery, picking cotton in the South. We should also be talking about white slavery and the thousands of teenagers that the news media reports missing nearly every day in every state of the union, as well as around the world. Slave masters force some teenagers into labor slavery, and they force others into sex slavery. Tourists and in particular, men in every major resort area are looking for sexual satisfaction, particularly in the Mid-American region. And influential slave owners are still purchasing slaves for working in households in fields and industries.

Unfortunately, slavery will continue because slaves used for labor are free and easy to obtain when traffickers snatch them. They are a disposable entity. Sex slaves, on the other hand, can bring millions. They are placed in bordellos, in hotels, in mansions, and occasionally in households.