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Media and the Image of Human Trafficking

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

On May 8, the Sunnyvale Mercury News published an article entitled “Sunnyvale officer sentenced in human trafficking scheme”.

The very first sentence comes to create confusion:

A former police officer was sentenced to 366 days in federal prison for smuggling women into the country from South Korea, charging them tens of thousands of dollars in bogus immigration fees, and forcing them to pay off debts by working as prostitutes.

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