tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post1765757815863173822..comments2023-11-02T07:54:22.317+00:00Comments on Unenlightened Commentary.: Criminalising Witnesses.Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263275229285861236noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-53124406255324531312009-11-09T17:59:48.933+00:002009-11-09T17:59:48.933+00:00Would the 'punter' have helped her if doin...Would the 'punter' have helped her if doing so would have ensured that he was charged with a criminal offence?'<br />Spot on Ross.<br />The extent of 'people trafficking' for the sex industry is exaggerated by the usual femiloon suspects, but it does go on- and has done so for over a century. It just used to be called the 'white slave traffic' not 'people trafficking'.<br />'White slavery' really got going in late C19/early C20 Argentina, and it meant providing female company both for the lonely guachos out on the Pampas, and for the tango bars of Buenos Aries. Coincidentally, one of the main areas where these 'comfort women' were sourced was Romania ! There is a novel called 'The Moldavian Pimp' that evokes this milieu of a century ago. There are also fleeting references to such transatlantic sex trafficking in Joseph Roth's magnificent novel 'The Radetsky March'.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-15512480677208741232009-11-07T22:34:32.626+00:002009-11-07T22:34:32.626+00:00I was in Manchester and missed her - how could tha...I was in Manchester and missed her - how could that be?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com