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Greg Russinger's Blog – September 2010 Archive (4)

the whistleblower, a new film that will be a must see

"Is this a documentary?"

"No, it's a fiction feature starring Rachel Weisz."

This exchange, overheard as the audience was shuffling into the Elgin Theatre on Monday afternoon, seemed to sum up "The Whistleblower," based on the real-life story of Kathy Bolkovac, a

Nebraska police officer who headed to Bosnia in 1999 as part of a

privately contracted peacekeeping force under the umbrella of the

United Nations. While there, she uncovered a human-trafficking…

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Added by Greg Russinger on September 22, 2010 at 3:16pm — No Comments

Radiohead // the killers // muse, all together

Check out this trilogy of music video's calling out attention to the issue of labor and sexual exploitation/trafficking..

http://www.mtvexit.org/muse_about.html

Added by Greg Russinger on September 17, 2010 at 6:12pm — No Comments

UK Sex Trafficking Gang Offered Virgins For $230K!

The sordid operations of a sex trafficking gang who plotted to “sell the virginity of young girls” to wealthy foreign businessmen for £150,000 (US$230,972) a time emerged after the organizers admitted

their guilt in a U.K. court Monday.

Three women -- one of whom is a mother of four -- and a man used a picture of a 14-year-old girl as bait to entice prospective clients into parting with their money.

Now they face jail after their operation was smashed by British…

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Added by Greg Russinger on September 17, 2010 at 6:10pm — No Comments