Nicolas Cage : "The trafficking in human beings is a multi-billon-dollar-a-year business"
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Channel: United Nations · 2009 · News & Politics
United Nations, New York, 12 May 2009: At an event to mark the naming of American artist Ross Bleckner as a UN Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking, the actor Nicolas Cage said that The trafficking in human beings is a multi-billon-dollar-a-year business. Its profits are second only to drugs and arms, and most of its victims are women and children. Child soldiering and the abduction of girls, two of the most heinous forms of human trafficking should have no place in the twenty-first century, and I am among the group of artists supporting the United Nations efforts to bring an end to these and other forms of modern day slavery. Addressing the same event, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that It is vital that we shine a harsh light on the terrible trade in humans. I recently reported to the Security Council on the extent of this problem. I listed parties that are recruiting children to fight in conflict and abusing girls as sexual slaves. We called this, name and shame. I urged the Security Council to take action against those guilty of these atrocities.
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