subject: Mali Sex Slaves: Land of Sex Slaves and Prostitutions – Is It? [print this page] Mali Sex Slaves: Land of Sex Slaves and Prostitutions Is It?
BBC news dated 23rd December 2010 entitled: "Nigerian sex slave rescue from Mali fails[1]'". What is Mali doing with thousands of sex slaves? Why did the rescue fail? Why can't Mali government itself free the sex slaves?
What is Mali doing with thousands of sex slaves?
The Alternative News Source.Com[2] reports the presence between 20,000 to 40,000 sex slaves in Mali. That is a population of small town. Even if all the citizens and governments officials in Mali were half blind, it is impossible to be blind to such crime visibility. Even if prostitution is legal in Mali, sex slavery is not legal in the civilized world. Unless, Mali claims to be an uncivilized state. BBC reports that Mali is "a signatory to the UN Palermo Protocol on people trafficking, as well as the UN Convention on Transnational Organized Crime of 2000."Mali's status as Signatory of the UN Convention on Transnational Organized Crime of 2000 makes it more responsible in answering this first question. If its answer is not categorically clear, then, Mali's credibility as international law abiding state would be questionable.
Why did the rescue fail?
A combined Nigerian and Malinese attempt to rescue victims of sex trafficking failed. Why did it fail?
Here are the answers. Nigerian officials are quoted as saying that "they have not had enough co-operations from Mali." Why was collaboration from Malinese officials apathetic? If Malinese women were being used as sex slaves outside of Mali would its government respond in the same manner? What other reason was given for the attempted failure? It was reported by Naptip officials, "that despite assurances of cooperation from Mali, attempts at communication with the Mali police are being ignored." The world should hear this, "attempts at communication with the Mali police are being ignored." Now why in the world would a police force who have agreed with a law enforcement agency of another state, now ignore all communications to them on the of the sex slaves.
First the Malinese are unable to answer the question of how the alleged 20,000 to 4000 sex slaves are in Mali. Next we hear the report that Mali's police force is ignoring another police force with whom they are suppose to be communicating. What does all this talk about Mali politically?
Any reasonable person can only deduce that Mali politically seems uninterested and is displaying its disinterest by apathetic collaboration and ignoring all attempts of communication on this human atrocities taking place in its state. I am wondering is it because, since, Mali has legalized prostitution, sex slavery is not a significant issue to it. If this true Nigeria, the United Nations and the rest of the world cannot rescue the thousands of sex slaves legally or by diplomacy. In such situation, what are the options for Nigeria and the United nations?
Meanwhile, Mali can attempt to register itself in the Gunnies World of Records for the honor of having the World's biggest sex slave camps. Mali the land of sex slaves and prostitution - Is it?
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References:
[1] BBC News Article Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12068974
[2] Alternative News Source Site: http://newscastmedia.com/blog/2010/09/29/nigerian-girls-forced-by-older-women-into-sex-slavery/
