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E. Benjamin Skinner, journalist and author of A Crime So Monstrous, gives an overview of modern-day slavery. He explains that while the issue is most rampant in Asia, it's a worldwide problem - even in America.
E. Benjamin Skinner, journalist and author of A Crime So Monstrous, explains that while slavery may seem like a distant problem, people in New York "are some five hours from being able to negotiate, in broad daylight, the sale of a healthy boy or a girl." He describes his experience of traveling to Haiti where he was offered a child for 100 U.S. dollars.
E. Benjamin Skinner, journalist and author of A Crime So Monstrous, describes an incident while reporting on child slavery that caused him to get personally involved. He explains that even though he was advised against intervening, one mother's plea forced him to cross the line from observer to activist.