Law enforcement officials arrested 11 members of a sex trafficking ring in Madrid, Spain, the result of an ongoing investigation. And as these articles become more commonplace, it is ever-more frightening and eye-opening to see the ruthless efficiency of these operations.<\/p>\n
Trafficking doesn’t just “happen.” It is not some random occurrence, like being struck by lightning. <\/p>\n
Trafficking is executed with ruthless efficiency, planning, and organization. It is an evil bureaucracy designed to build profits by the systematic rape and dehumanization of others.<\/p>\n
As it has been said before about the world’s other global crimes–weapons and drugs–they are consumable, one time commodities. Drugs are used up and bullets are fired. <\/p>\n
But a human being can be exploited again, and again, and again. <\/p>\n
It is organized, well funded, and extremely lucrative. The profit potential is so enormous, you could not expect otherwise.<\/p>\n
This article reminds us of the organizational and administrative “evil” of trafficking. Unfortunately, “awareness” is not enough. We need a movement of activists pursuing equally organized and well-funding ANTI-trafficking initiatives from all points of the globe. <\/p>\n
Take in these details, pray for these girls and for the many other rescue operations and prevention efforts going on right now, and then take action…<\/p>\n
Spanish police broke up a network that sexually exploited young foreign
\ngirls in four Madrid brothels that were monitored and watched over using
\ncameras connected to the Internet.<\/p>\nThe organization, of which
\npolice arrested 11 members including the two leaders, had its center of
\noperations in downtown Madrid equipped with the cameras.<\/p>\nThe
\nsuspects – among whom are two fee collectors, three telephone operators
\nand four who were in charge of the prostitutes – are charged with
\nassorted crimes related to prostitution, including harming the public
\nhealth, trafficking in human beings and illicit association, police
\nsaid.<\/p>\nThe investigation began when a complaint was presented to
\nauthorities by a woman who had formerly been a sex worker in the
\nnetwork, who said that several people had forced young women into
\nprostitution.<\/p>\nAfter the arrests, officers determined the location
\nof the houses in Madrid where the young women were forced to provide
\ntheir sexual services.<\/p>\nThe telephone workers operated numerous
\nlines to receive calls and set appointments for customers, which were
\nrecorded on three blackboards with the names of the prostitutes and the
\nsites where they worked.<\/p>\nIn the raids, police seized more than 80
\ncell phones, computer equipment, documents and a safe where the
\ncustomers’ fees were kept.<\/p>\n<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Law enforcement officials arrested 11 members of a sex trafficking ring in Madrid, Spain, the result of an ongoing investigation. And as these articles become more commonplace, it is ever-more frightening and eye-opening to see the ruthless efficiency of these operations. Trafficking doesn’t just “happen.” It is not some random occurrence, like being struck by…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sex-trafficking"],"yoast_head":"\n
Trafficking: It's just business - Red Letters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2011\/02\/trafficking-its-just-business.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trafficking: It's just business - Red Letters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Law enforcement officials arrested 11 members of a sex trafficking ring in Madrid, Spain, the result of an ongoing investigation. And as these articles become more commonplace, it is ever-more frightening and eye-opening to see the ruthless efficiency of these operations. Trafficking doesn’t just “happen.” It is not some random occurrence, like being struck by…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2011\/02\/trafficking-its-just-business.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Red Letters\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-02-15T12:07:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tom Davis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trafficking: It's just business - Red Letters","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2011\/02\/trafficking-its-just-business.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Trafficking: It's just business - Red Letters","og_description":"Law enforcement officials arrested 11 members of a sex trafficking ring in Madrid, Spain, the result of an ongoing investigation. And as these articles become more commonplace, it is ever-more frightening and eye-opening to see the ruthless efficiency of these operations. Trafficking doesn’t just “happen.” It is not some random occurrence, like being struck by…","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2011\/02\/trafficking-its-just-business.html","og_site_name":"Red Letters","article_published_time":"2011-02-15T12:07:30+00:00","author":"Tom Davis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2011\/02\/trafficking-its-just-business.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2011\/02\/trafficking-its-just-business.html","name":"Trafficking: It's just business - Red Letters","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-02-15T12:07:30+00:00","dateModified":"2011-02-15T12:07:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/#\/schema\/person\/c78d22af30aa2e0860a621fadf855b92"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2011\/02\/trafficking-its-just-business.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2011\/02\/trafficking-its-just-business.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/2011\/02\/trafficking-its-just-business.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Trafficking: It’s just business"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/","name":"Red Letters","description":"Christian, Christian Inspiration, Christian News, Christian Activism News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/#\/schema\/person\/c78d22af30aa2e0860a621fadf855b92","name":"Tom Davis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/b5c\/b5c5842c5b6dd6c51062873d0bb1dfafx96.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-content\/wphb-cache\/gravatar\/b5c\/b5c5842c5b6dd6c51062873d0bb1dfafx96.jpg","caption":"Tom Davis"},"description":"Tom Davis currently serves as CEO of Children's HopeChest (www.hopechest.org), a global orphan care ministry headquartered in Colorado Springs. A tireless advocate for fatherless children, Davis has spent most of his adult life calling U.S. believers to become the hands and feet of Jesus Christ to the 143 million orphans living around the world. Through those connections, thousands of orphans now have the bright and hopeful future--one that is filled with opportunities and the love of the one true Father. Davis speaks hundreds of times each year at churches and conferences, mobilizing the church to action on behalf of the poor. He is the author of four books. His most recent novel, SCARED is a fictionalized account of his first-hand experiencing living and working with orphans in Swaziland, Africa. Davis' blog is the premier resource for the latest developments in Christian orphan ministry. Davis also currently teaches courses as adjunct professor at George Fox University in Newberg, OR. When not traveling the globe, Davis resides in the mountains of Colorado in the small community of Palmer Lake. He and his wife Emily have seven children, including two adopted daughters from Russia.","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/author\/tdavis"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/redletters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}