Last year Argentina finally passed a law prohibiting trafficking in persons! Yes! But...there is a stipulation in it that required that trafficking victims over the age of 18 prove that they did not consent sexual exploitation, which implies that women may consent to being trafficked. I really don't care whether she was kidnapped (rare), lured by promises of a job, or even knew she was going into prostitution. Trafficking is wrong--PERIOD. It takes advantage of women no matter how they become ensnared. Some women's and human rights groups asked President Cristina Fernandez to partially veto the law, which otherwise looks good. I'll have to do some looking and then update.
Link to the news report: http://www.wunrn.com/news/2009/02_09/02_23_09/022309_trafficking.htm
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