tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post5964635375958182278..comments2024-03-28T22:01:11.059-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Bloody OddOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-25506656995398299082012-09-13T05:57:17.696-04:002012-09-13T05:57:17.696-04:00Hi Jewffry - we will make up for it at Bouchercon....Hi Jewffry - we will make up for it at Bouchercon. Humar trafficing is horrible - I would have bought your book in a heartbeat.<br /><br />YrsaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-88541563570305829632012-09-13T02:16:22.663-04:002012-09-13T02:16:22.663-04:00Yrsa, you have the most sterling way of putting th...Yrsa, you have the most sterling way of putting things. And if I could be in Scotland this weekend, instead of LA, I'd be there in an instant. <br /><br />I loved the way you described the "odd" case of Mr. Nerdrum, but particularly so the way in which you drove home the human trafficking point.<br /><br />A book I wrote that will never be published, because so much of it came to pass before the book came out, was premised on human trafficking. And what you pointed out is precisely the problem in dealing with the crisis. Courts don't take the matters seriously. <br /><br />In 2009 12.3 million souls were trafficked for labor or sex. Only 49,000 of them were ever identified, and just 4,166 of their traffickers were convicted for their crimes. <br /><br />Perhaps the numbers are too great for people to comprehend the personal tragedies accompanying each trafficked life. Sad, sad, sad. Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.com