A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with
Human Trafficking
E. Benjamin Skinner
The first person in history to witness negotiations for the sale of
human beings on four continents, E. Benjamin Skinner is single
handedly raising awareness of modern day slavery. In his shocking
and brutally honest book, “A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to- Face with
Modern Day Slavery”, Skinner tells the story of individuals who
live in slavery, those who have escaped from bondage, those who own
or traffic in slaves, and the mixed political motives of those who
seek to combat the crime.
Skinner went undercover at great personal risk, infiltrating
trafficking networks and slave sales on in countries around the
world, exposing a modern flesh trade. From mega-harems in Dubai to
illicit brothels in Bucharest, from slave quarries in India to
child markets in Haiti, he explores the underside of a world we
scarcely recognize as our own and lays bare a parallel universe
where human beings are bought, sold, used, and discarded. Recently
named National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, Skinner is a
graduate of Wesleyan University. He is currently a fellow at the
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School of
Government and previously served as a Research Associate for U.S.
Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations as well as
Special Assistant to Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. As a writer
engaged in the study of the U.S. and global political economies,
his articles have appeared in Newsweek International,
Travel + Leisure, Los Angeles Times, The
Miami Herald, Foreign Policy and others. Skinner is
donating twenty-five percent of the A Crime So Monstrous’s
royalties goes to groups dedicated to fighting slavery. He lives in
Brooklyn, NY.
A Crime So Monstrous:
Face-to- Face with Modern Day Slavery is available at the
Queens Campus Bookstore for $12.25 (marked down from $16.00)
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Date
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Time
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location
Marillac Terrace, Queens Campus
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