Mosaic shows documentary to show reality of sex trafficking

Julianne Shapiro – Spartan Daily – Mon 2 March, 2009

Kendall Sallay, a sophomore social science major, participates in an activity representing how many times sex trafficking victims change hands during the presentation "Chained to Sex: The Reality of Sex Trafficking" in the Mosaic Cross Cultural Center on Thursday. Image: Julianne Shapiro

Sex trafficker Olga told Katerina and Anya that “everything was fine” when she sold them to a couple of men at a cafe in the Aksaray district of Istanbul. She collected her cash and left the two women there.

More than 30 people watched clips from the documentary “Sex Slaves” during the presentation “Chained to Sex: The Reality of Sex Trafficking” in the Mosaic Cross Cultural Center at the Student Union on Thursday.

Donald Thai, a sophomore computer science major, said he was surprised a woman sold the women.

“I would think men would trick the women,” he said.

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Wealthy New Yorker jailed for keeping slaves

The Sydney Morning Herald – Friday 27 June, 2008

Varsha Mahender Sabhnani and her husband Mahender Sabhnani. Picture AP

A wealthy New York woman was sentenced to 11 years in prison today for keeping two Indonesian women as slaves, forcing them to work up to 20 hours a day for years after confiscating their passports.

Varsha Sabhnani, 46, was convicted with her husband, Mahender Sabhnani, in December of forced labour, peonage, harbouring aliens, document servitude and conspiracy. . .

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