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Emma Thompson Speaks Out Against Human Trafficking - ABC News

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Nov 9, 2009 7:39 PM EST
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Actress Emma Thompson has played fictional characters on the big screen for 20 years, but her latest project tackles the real-life horrors of human trafficking. The actress is working with an art exhibit bringing attention to sex traffickingThe project, an exhibit called "The Journey," highlights the gruesome, heartbreaking conditions many of the victims of the sex trade are forced to endure every day.

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Loretta Kemsley


"It's a domestic issue ... it's probably around the corner from you," Thompson, who co-curates the exhibit, told "Good Morning America" today.

Human trafficking is a big business around the world.

"You can make $150,000 from one girl in a year ... because moving people around the place is easier than moving guns around," the two-time Academy Award-winning British actress said.

The women are generally forced into the life by someone they know. Many times, a male relative will tell them that they are getting a job, she said. Once they are in the hands of traffickers, the girls are tortured and abused.

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Reply#1 - Mon Nov 9, 2009 7:42 PM EST
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krishna-167929

This is much more widespread than many people realize.

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Reply#2 - Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:24 PM EST
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Loretta Kemsley

Including here in the states, where victims are both smuggled into the country and kidnapped off our streets.

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#2.1 - Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:29 PM EST
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krishna-167929
Including here in the states, where victims are both smuggled into the country and kidnapped off our streets.

Some people are aware this is happening overseas-- but many would undoubtedly be shocked if they knew the extent to which this is happening in the U.S.

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#2.2 - Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:24 PM EST
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Loretta Kemsley

You're right. Too many people either ignore that reality or cannot concieve of the idea that women and children are being kidnapped off our streets and forced into sexual slavery.

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#2.3 - Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:16 PM EST
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krishna-167929
You're right. Too many people either ignore that reality or cannot concieve of the idea that women and children are being kidnapped off our streets and forced into sexual slavery.

I often wonder what can be done about this.

At this point, since so many people are unaware of this, it may be that the most effective action to take is just what yopu have done here-- raising awareness. Seeding artilces about it, and discussing them...on NV.

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#2.4 - Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:39 PM EST
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Auteur 1536

Even if the traffickers are caught, the victims, including the underage victims, are treated like criminals as well.

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#2.5 - Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:54 PM EST
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Saw this last night, after work (Love that DVR!) I wish they'd let her speak more about it and I'd love to see the PSA some where!!!!

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Reply#3 - Tue Nov 10, 2009 2:57 PM EST
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Loretta Kemsley

I watched it on the news program. I'm not sure why they're limiting where it is shown. It should be shown across the country and in other English speaking countries.

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#3.1 - Tue Nov 10, 2009 3:10 PM EST
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Auteur 1536

What's even more heartbreaking is that it happens in front of us every day and we say and or do nothing about it or to stop it.

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Reply#4 - Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:37 PM EST
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