An Update: Human Trafficking at the World Cup

A few months ago, I wrote about a proposal in South Africa to legalize prostitution during this year's World Cup, and the danger that posed for children and youth who might become pawns at the hands of sex traffickers, for whom such a move would be a financial boon ("A Great Evil that is About to Unfold", October 10, 2009). Now, Benjamin Skinner, who was a panelist at the Global Forum on Human Trafficking here last fall, has published this article in Time Magazine on sex trafficking and South Africa's weak resolve to stop it.