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Human trafficking crosses borders
Monday, November 02, 2009 | No comments posted.
When Akouavi Kpade Afolabi lured more than 20 young women from West Africa to New Jersey with promises of a better life, she lied. The young women — who ranged in age from 10 to 19 — were made to work countless hours in her family’s two hair-braiding salons for no pay. Her attorney argued the treatment of the girls was cultural. That’s hard to believe.
She was convicted on 22 counts of human trafficking and visa fraud. She now faces her own captivity, 20 years in prison.
Sadly, such abuse is the story of tens of thousands of women from around the world who are trafficked to America in hopes of escaping the poverty of their homelands.
Modern day slavery is alive and well. We would all do well to educate ourselves about how human trafficking works, and what it looks like.
She was convicted on 22 counts of human trafficking and visa fraud. She now faces her own captivity, 20 years in prison.
Sadly, such abuse is the story of tens of thousands of women from around the world who are trafficked to America in hopes of escaping the poverty of their homelands.
Modern day slavery is alive and well. We would all do well to educate ourselves about how human trafficking works, and what it looks like.
The Star-Ledger, Newark, New Jersey
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