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One Man's Global Quest To Free Victims Of Human Trafficking
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
July 2009
On Sale: June 23, 2009
336 pages
ISBN: 1416961178
EAN: 9781416961178
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
From living the rock star life to wading through the world's
war zones, refugee camps, and brothels, Aaron Cohen left
behind his closest friends, his dying father, and his
partnership with a legendary musician to take on treacherous
rescue missions in search of modern-day slavesYears of drug
addiction and late-night partying led Aaron Cohen, one-time
best friend and business partner to Jane's Addiction
frontman Perry Farrell, on a path of spiritual discovery
that has both transformed and endangered his life -- a path
that has drawn him into the shantytowns of Cambodia and the
hidden brothels of Latin America, across the sweltering
savannahs of Sudan, up to the Dalai Lama's Himalayan
retreat, and through the unforgiving jungles of Burma and
the deserts of Iraq. At a time when more people than ever
before are enslaved somewhere on the planet, Aaron Cohen is
a slave hunter -- working to find and free human beings from
various forms of bondage.The flesh trade is the world's
fastest-growing and most deadly illegal enterprise -- even
more profitable and easier to hide than guns, drugs, and
precious gems. Free from diplomatic restrictions and
political agendas, Cohen is a unique asset to government
agencies, think tanks, and anti-slavery organizations. He
navigates the oppressive territory of pimps and drug lords,
cloaked in the all-too-familiar world of substance abuse,
oversized egos, and changing rules. Working alone and posing
as a sex tourist, he slips into brothels, urged by madams to
select from a lineup of women and girls as young as six.
Sometimes he can save them from their captors, but more
often than not, he must leave them behind, taking only the
evidence he hopes will eventually lead to their
rescue.Struggling to make ends meet on his own negligible
salary, Cohen faces temptations few could resist and
witnesses atrocities his friends and family cannot
understand. And though many assignments over the years carry
him away from his ailing father, his commitment to protect,
assist, and empower human trafficking victims -- and to
disrupt the patterns that lead to all forms of enslavement
-- is unyielding.In a remarkable exposé of a sinister trade
most of us will never experience first-hand,
rocker-turned-antislavery activist Aaron Cohen reveals the
fast-paced, timely, inspiring, and unforgettable story of a
real life Slave Hunter.
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