Human trafficking in Tainan gets the Control Yuan’s attention. I had not heard of this case before.
Guy
New source of slaves ? They would kinda stand out though
Hard to hide them I think unlike fellow Asians
The Tainan (bad) guys must have looked at the terms and conditions of Taiwan’s “arts and performing arts” professionals—and concluded that they were so clever to find this workaround!
Sweatshop Island is clearly an identity that’s hard to shake.
Guy
That’s assuming they’re allowed out…
Next we gonna have fake bar tenders ? What is the rule for qualification?
Maybe I can get a bar tending visa ?
Never mind there’s restrictions on who can hire
And needs two years bartending X
Human trafficking is a bit like the war on drugs.
Government makes laws severely restricting immigration unless you can “prove” yourself, people still want/need to migrate for various reasons. So criminals find ways to illegally move people to places, hence human trafficking.
End immigration laws, allow anyone to move anywhere they want to, and there is no more human trafficking.
The Kenyans I know that were imported were indeed done so via the arts. Pingtung though, not tainan. They were/are great dancers. Same people import ladyboys from Thailand, Chinese etc etc. All based on arts. Absolutely for no other reason. Strictly a tourism thung, im sure… They run resorts, parks etc to prove it. It’s a well oiled machine in Taiwan. Makes one want to puke 
For what purpose?
I think that would explode human trafficking. No money? No worries. Just jump in. We’ll work something out later–when we land.
It means traffic victims wouldn’t be put in jail for being illegal or whatever. Immigration law punishes traffic victims.
And I’m saying there would be consequences that you don’t seem to think about. There’s more slavery now than there’s ever been in human history. take away the obstacles to travel the world and watch it explode up.
It’s not about jail. It’s about slavery. You think no immigrations laws would end human trafficking. I think you’re very wrong about that.
Traffickers are criminals. Laws won’t stop them anymore than gun laws would stop criminals with guns from murdering.
But when there’s no laws that makes a person illegal, victim should they escape can come forward to help police prosecute those criminals.
Sounds simplistic but if there’s no artificial barriers no one needs to pay criminals to smuggle them across borders.
Yes, it does sound incredibly simplistic. Smugglers will just rebrand as southern border tour guides.
There is a reason why human traffickers take their victims cross boarders, it becomes incredibly difficult to ever find victims once they do. Especially into places where LE are limted and possible corrupt.
How does your logic work no immigration laws?
I think one reason human traffickers make money is desperate economic immigrants who pays criminals money to smuggle them into places like the US. If immigrating is easy then they’d lose out on this illegal income.
But I’m not sure how else to combat criminals who takes people into less developed countries with crap law enforcement however. But I guess one way to combat crime of any kind aside from making the price too high is to make it irrelevant. Just like piracy is irrelevant today even though in the golden age of piracy pirates were often punished in very brutal ways, because of powerful navies patrolling the seas, and also more countries being rich makes it pointless to make a living by robbing ships…
It’s like the war on drugs in my opinion. Make drugs illegal and criminals are paid money for illegal drugs. If drugs are legal, nobody will pay criminals for drugs.
Piracy is very much an issue for merchant shipping. Particularly around NE Africa / Arabian peninsula. There are now western navy patrols in efforts to combat it
Not to the extent of the 1700s/1800s where pirates took loots.
Yes we have pirates with ships transiting the Suez but it’s limited in scope.
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Stop moving the goalposts.
Guy
Dancing acts at parks and resorts, obviously. No one noticed that famous one on kenting nightmarket street is gone/changed. Same group 
Intent is 9 tenths of the law…
How many forumosans are familiar with children being trafficked out of Taiwan in the late martial law era?
The story of Vanessa Miles, who was trafficked to Australia in 1980, is back in the news, as she has fought for her right to reclaim her Taiwan citizenship, something she never voluntarily surrendered.
Guy