I got the following press release this morning from the International Crisis Group, which points out the continued, bloody existence of the Lord’s Resistance Army. As much as I respect the crisis group, the conclusions in its new report aren’t new at all. The LRA has been a regional menace for years. Think tanks and humanitarian groups [...]

I repost here a story I wrote for the Philadelphia Inquirer that was in Tuesday’s paper. It looks at the problem of men, generally affluent, white men from developed countries, who travel abroad to sexually molest children and some of the people fighting to end it. I’ll post later on information on one international nongovernmental organization, [...]

It is so small, in fact, that I can’t really get myself to praise past the headline of this posting. It’s outrageous that an 8-year-old girl was forced into marrying a 50-year-old man. It is more sad proof that child trafficking thrives, as does the commodification of children. It’s a damn good thing she was allowed to [...]

I’m reprinting this note, which I got today from Ben Skinner, who wrote the new book, “A Crime So Monstrous,” about human trafficking around the world. It’s a vital issues that gets far too little attention - and this is one of those issues that could truly be helped by public pressure. If Kenya can outlaw smoking in [...]