The United States Justice Department released its first "Trafficking in Persons Report," mandated by an act of Congress, on July 12, 2001. In issuing the report, Secretary of State Colin Powell said "it is incomprehensible that trafficking in human beings should be taking place in the 21st century-- incomprehensible, but its true, very true." The report dealt with most of the nations of the world, and found human slavery everywhere, including in the United States. In spite of this report, and hundreds of other reports and articles, there seems to be little emphasis on enforcement of anti-slavery laws. This reseacher found law enforcement unwillingness to address the issue of human slavery-- and child sex slavery in particular-- to be nothing short of an abomination.
During each of the three years of research, law enforcement at the local, state and national level was contacted in an effort to determining law enforcement interest in the criminal activities of the subculture, especially its trafficking in children for sexual purposes. The usual claim during years 2000-2001 was that the researcher did not have enough evidence of activity to warrant law enforcement interest. The usual request by local authorities and the F.B.I. was that the researcher should return after gathering more information. Gathering that information exposed this researcher to danger from both the incest/pedophile subculture and from law enforcement authorities themselves. Ironically, the usual claim of law enforcement during the years 2001-2002 was that law enforcement already knew about these activities and did not need any additional information. There were, however, no actual enforcement activities or arrests made during this period.
Law enforcement exhibits little interest in these activities because there is:
(1) no political mandate for action. Slaves, especially child slaves or enslaved illegal immigrants, do not vote, do not put pressure on political or media leaders, and do not have advocates to bring pressure on their behalf.
(2) little funding and manpower allocated for investigation of these activities. Higher profile criminal activities are funded, even though slavery is one of the most inhumane of crimes. Most municipal police departments place emphasis on income generating activities, like traffic enforcement, and on more politically charged activities, like drug enforcement. National enforcement activities focus on the high profile crimes, like terrorism and drugs. There are few funds or manpower resources remaining to conduct anti-slavery activities. Besides, as the North Carolina police major said, its just too difficult to inflitrate the slave traders.
(3) competing emphasis on the more voyeuristically interesting enforcement of child pornography laws that draws interest away from actual sex crimes. Frankly, pornography enforcement has its appeal, as do prostitute sweeps and raids on strip clubs.
(4) an argument that incest, pedophilia, and child sex slavery is best controlled within a subculture environment. The argument is made that these people would pose a greater threat to the public if not permitted this private vice. The same argument is made for allowing other vice activities like community drug houses and liquer houses to remain in operation in spite of neighborhood complaints. It must be remembered, however, that the subculture socializes its children into the life-stye, even if the children might not have a natural interest in these activities, and that the subculture advocates for incest and pedophilia within the general public, encouraging men toward these activities, and thereby threatening the general public.
(5) some evidence of law enforcement involvement in the subculture or in subculture activities.Those inside the incest/pedophile community claim that numerous law enforcement authorities are actively involved in the sub-culture and that law enforcement personnel are among the best customers for the children prostituted by the madams in the subculture. If these claims are true, these claims go far toward explaining the lack of law enforcement professional interest in the sub-culture. There is some enticing circumstantial evidence to link law enforcement in areas of both North Carolina and Pennsylvania to the sub-culture.
Probably the greatest barrier of law enforcement interest in slavery-- especially child sex slavery-- is a lack of an adult victim. There is no one who's child has been kidnapped or stolen. The parents of the enslaved children have sold the children into slavery themselves and are not about to report their commercial activity to police. Without a parent to file a report, there is no basis for an investigation. When outsiders, including this researcher, report sex slavery activities, the first question asked is "what is the basis for your interest in this?" Generalized concern is not accepted as an answer.
Anyone having knowledge of the subculture described in this paper is encouraged to contact the researcher, either anonymously or openly
Gordon Neal Diem, D.A.
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