I am the Maffia. I see you talking about human trafficking here. You like to talk about these kinds of things huh? Well, you are being watched. We already have a lot of information about you. Do you have any idea how easy it is to snatch and grab someone? Have you ever heard of scopalamine? Put it on the end of a flower and put it in their face, just jab their nose with it and just tell them they want to get in your car and that they want to sign a sex slavery contract or do a porn video.
AHAHAH Oh honey, oh no. First of all Anon little gits don’t really scare me. After the years I’ve spent working in this field and the tragedies I’ve witnessed not much does scare me. When you actively work to push back on what is essentially a multi-billion dollar industry you will get threats, and intimidation. But you know what? Most people who are running these kind of operations are too damn busy running the damn thing to worry about Tumblr.fucking-com. This is obviously bullshit but it does present a great opportunity to discuss HOW people fall into human trafficking. First you have to keep in mind that not all Trafficking is sex based, it is however the one we see most in media because it presents a great drama/horror narrative. People are often Labor trafficked as well, used for things such as domestic work, commercial farming, mining. Trafficking is, after all, slavery. Most cases we see start with not drugs, but job offers. People want to make better lives for themselves and their families. Especially in higher poverty areas people are willing to take more risks to do this.Sometimes its the promise of work in the US with a temporary work VISA. Then the victims are coyoted once they get to destination. In the United States this is often the case. Passports, identification, money are all taken to prevent escape. I’m often asked when I give talks ‘But why not seek help from the police?’Often victims are told that the police are in league with the traffickers. Corruption is systemic part of many county’s way of life, US sadly included. It isn’t that hard to believe that this could be the case. Failure to appropriately identify a trafficked person VS. a Sex worker often leads to propagating this lie, especially if the language barrier is in play. Another reason to not seek help: Family. Threats against loved ones are a very strong and visceral fear. Traffickers can and will use family to break victims into compliance. “The best chains are ones you can’t see.” Drugs and Alcohol are easy ways to get compliance for a short time, but human beings are a reusable resource. Plus drugs such as scopolamine, as it is proper spelling, can be expensive in the long run, cutting into trafficker’s profits. Its better to use fear to get victims to obey rather then fund an expensive coke habit. In cases of Labor trafficking, your workforce isn’t going to be very productive if they are high out of their gourdes. Oh, and the Scopolamine thing…. just an enduring hoax mixed with urban legends. Most sensationalized reports are that. Gripping, scary, if not entirely true, stories. Fact is most toxicology reports don’t show scopolamine to back up the claims. Most likely the drug in question is something else like Rohypnol. Scopolamine is relatively hard to get, considering it’s not used for getting high, so you can’t go buy it on the streets readily. It’s never been shown to remove free will in studies, but does make one drowsy with effects more like a Xanax in large doses. Oh and it’s MAFIA, one F. The Mafia doesn't call themselves Mafia, that just a TV thing.
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