The Natashas: Inside the New Global Sex Trade
by Victor Malarek
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Author: Victor MalarekEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-09-12
ISBN: 1559707798
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Book Reviews of The Natashas: Inside the New Global Sex Trade
Book Review: curiously bloodless
Summary: 3 Stars
First of all, this is a very important subject. The number of women being trafficked for sexual purposes (most from the former Soviet bloc - hence the title) is really shocking. Malarek does a real service by shedding light on this typically hidden topic.
At the same time, though, I'm surprised at how bland this offering was. Yes, he does get quite worked up about the topic, which he should. (He also does a good job explaining how it all works.)
What's missing, though, is any in-depth work with the women themselves. All I can recall is a very brief conversation with one of these women in court and a few pages from some others. It's hard to imagine writing a book like this - or thinking it would have any real impact - without spending a lot of time with, and focusing the book directly on, these women.
What we get instead is portraits of the villains, the bureaucrats, and police involved. They all play a role, and it's important to show what role they play. But, frankly, with so few portraits of the women, this is all very secondary.
Finally, some of the portraits that are there are seem a little pointless. For example, the story of the UN forces, DynCorp, and the local police in Bosnia was incredibly long and really hard to follow. Yes, it's important to point out the complicity of these groups, but couldn't this have been done in a more direct way? My guess is this is in here primarily for Malarek's starring role in this particular incident.
Malarek's book The Johns: Sex for Sale and the Men Who Buy It does a much better job of this, with lots of interviews of and Internet postings from the main characters, the men who support this industry.
Summary of The Natashas: Inside the New Global Sex Trade
On the black market, they're the third most profitable com- modity, after illegal weapons and drugs-the only difference being that these goods are human, though to their handlers they are wholly expendable. They are women and girls, some as young as 12, from all over the Eastern bloc, where sinister networks of organized crime have become entrenched in the aftermath of the collapse of Communist regimes. In Israel, they're called Natashas, whether they're actually from Russia, Bosnia, the Czech Republic, or Ukraine, no matter what their real names may be. They're lured into vans and onto airplanes with promises of jobs as waitresses, mod-els, nannies, dishwashers, maids, and dancers. But when they arrive at their destinations, they are stripped of their identifi-cation, and their nightmare begins. They are sold into pros-titution and kept enslaved; those who resist are beaten, raped, and sometimes killed as examples. They often have nowhere to turn; in many cases, the men who should be res- cuing them-from immigration officials to police officers and international peacekeepers-are among their aggressors.Human Books
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