by Ben Randall | Nov 30, 2014
One month ago, I was concerned I’d become too deeply entangled in the life of my Hmong friend P, a recent survivor of human trafficking. I couldn’t see how to step away. After we’d returned from our road trip, and the violent stalker Lucky Charm had...
by Ben Randall | Nov 29, 2014
After five long and frustrating months spent trying to arrange her rescue, I was told my trafficked Hmong friend M had fallen pregnant to her Chinese “husband” for a second time. If the rumour was true, it could very well be our last chance to bring her...
by Ben Randall | Nov 25, 2014
On Monday 6th October, after four long and frustrating months, my friend Charlie and I finally had an opportunity to organise the rescue of my trafficked Hmong friend M, who would then be returned to Vietnam under the auspices of the Hanoi-based NGO Blue Dragon.M,...
by Ben Randall | Nov 20, 2014
It had been two months since I’d spoken to my trafficked Hmong friend M. M’s planned rescue had been cancelled after the Chinese “husband” who’d bought her had been alerted to her intentions. I had stopped calling M in the hopes that his...
by Ben Randall | Nov 18, 2014
At the last possible moment, I’d cancelled the rescue of my trafficked Hmong friend M from the “husband” who had bought her in China. I’d given M hope, and it had proved to be a very dangerous thing. M’s “husband” had been...
