Rescuing the victims of the global sex trade
May 5, 2008
Her allies and colleagues in this work are widely scattered. An ebullient Dubai prison officer named Omer, who calls Rotaru “sister,” has been a help. So have Russian policemen, an Israeli lawyer, a Ukrainian psychologist, an Irish social worker, a Turkish women’s shelter, Interpol, and various consulates and embassies, as well as travel agents, priests, and partner organizations, including an anti-trafficking group called La Strada, which has offices downstairs from Rotaru’s and a dedicated victims’ hot line.
Phi Beta Iota: Although written a year ago, more or less, this jumped out during research being done by one of us. The above paragraph is in our view the new paradigm for law enforcement–collectives that form spontaneously, as needed, to focus on specific crimes against humanity that are of mutual interest. J. F. Rischard, at the time Vice President for Europe of the World Bank, speaks to global issue networks in his book HIGH NOON: 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Fix Them.
