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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-20-04 11:17 PM
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Civic group combats slave trade
The bathroom is sometimes the only place where sex slaves can steal precious minutes alone - so that's one place where a local nonprofit group will be trying to reach them.
Using anti-slavery posters and matchbooks with a new toll-free number for assistance printed discreetly inside the flap, the Florida Freedom Partnership hopes to offer new help to victims of human trafficking in the South Florida.
"We've learned from research that the only time trafficked women are away from their captors, in some cases, is for a few brief moments in the bathroom," said Leslye Boban, executive director of the group. "We want to give them a way to hold onto the hot line number without anyone knowing."
The outreach is part of a broader effort to raise awareness. Billboards are going up across the county, and public service announcements will be broadcast, all with the same message: Help combat modern-day slavery.
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http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/8712272.htm

Sounds like they're doing more than the Justice Dept.
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-04 12:00 AM
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1. lets see
Slave and drug trafficing are the worst in south florida, jeb practically runs south florida, coincidence?
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-04 12:43 AM
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2. I do suspect that certain craven Republicans ...

do want domestic slaves. I always figured that this was the reason INS goes after illegal aliens but not their employers: "Now, Juanita, if you keep asking for us to raise your pay to $2 a day, we'll turn you into the Federales."
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-21-04 03:09 PM
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3. true, but i dont think jeb's THAT nice
more like "shut up bitch and get back to work or i'll kill you"
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