Law enforcement officials arrested 11 members of a sex trafficking ring in Madrid, Spain, the result of an ongoing investigation. And as these articles become more commonplace, it is ever-more frightening and eye-opening to see the ruthless efficiency of these operations.

Trafficking doesn’t just “happen.” It is not some random occurrence, like being struck by lightning.

Trafficking is executed with ruthless efficiency, planning, and organization. It is an evil bureaucracy designed to build profits by the systematic rape and dehumanization of others.

As it has been said before about the world’s other global crimes–weapons and drugs–they are consumable, one time commodities. Drugs are used up and bullets are fired.

But a human being can be exploited again, and again, and again.

It is organized, well funded, and extremely lucrative. The profit potential is so enormous, you could not expect otherwise.

This article reminds us of the organizational and administrative “evil” of trafficking. Unfortunately, “awareness” is not enough. We need a movement of activists pursuing equally organized and well-funding ANTI-trafficking initiatives from all points of the globe.

Take in these details, pray for these girls and for the many other rescue operations and prevention efforts going on right now, and then take action…

Spanish police broke up a network that sexually exploited young foreign
girls in four Madrid brothels that were monitored and watched over using
cameras connected to the Internet.

The organization, of which
police arrested 11 members including the two leaders, had its center of
operations in downtown Madrid equipped with the cameras.

The
suspects – among whom are two fee collectors, three telephone operators
and four who were in charge of the prostitutes – are charged with
assorted crimes related to prostitution, including harming the public
health, trafficking in human beings and illicit association, police
said.

The investigation began when a complaint was presented to
authorities by a woman who had formerly been a sex worker in the
network, who said that several people had forced young women into
prostitution.

After the arrests, officers determined the location
of the houses in Madrid where the young women were forced to provide
their sexual services.

The telephone workers operated numerous
lines to receive calls and set appointments for customers, which were
recorded on three blackboards with the names of the prostitutes and the
sites where they worked.

In the raids, police seized more than 80
cell phones, computer equipment, documents and a safe where the
customers’ fees were kept.