than now.
Was it legal in some parts of the world to sell a thirteen year-old girl for $8,250? Maybe it was. Was it possible that many millions of men wanted a woman of dubiously young age in the role of performer, escort, mistress – ‘wife’ even? Possibly they did. Did Clamor, with its 350 million members and 145-country presence, represent a new and unique means of matching demand with supply?
Clamor.us/TriumphantGardensHotelandGiftShop – the group space that had momentarily flashed up at the Friday presentation: how many such groups were running on Clamor? How many girls, all told? What physical routes did the girls take: northwest through the former Soviet countries, eventually to the US East Coast? Or via the Pacific? What route did the money take?
Natalie had seen a 60 Minutes documentary on human trafficking suggesting the process was always the same: girls were enticed into independent lives elsewhere, usually with the lure of some glamorous role – perhaps nothing more than a regular paying job behind a bar. But once they’d entered their bargain with the trafficker, they were isolated altogether, their passports seized. They were ‘seasoned’ – physically and psychologically abused, likely raped and threatened with reprisal against family members in their home towns and villages. They learned that their transit ‘debts’ needed repaying, that these debts were accumulating enormous levels of interest. They had to work. Girls earned $400 an hour in major Western cities and could be put to work for fourteen hours a day with an efficient booking system. But they saw none of it.
For their trafficking masters, their cost could be recouped over a single weekend. How many such girls around the world were implicated?
Nguyen had not yet given her a job description. That was fine. She’d always done well with shaping her own role. Now that she’d spent the weekend getting orientated, she would propose a three-step approach. She activated the digital recording function of her watch. Her friend Verity had bought it for her as a 30th birthday present, from a store in London called Spycatcher.
“ One : analyze Clamor group data using a ‘clean’ machine and approval of local law enforcement – in place of your nocturnal attempts at the same, Tom. Not sure which law enforcement org, local FBI maybe. Present report to Clamor management team, better still Board of Directors. Invite feedback.
“ Two : solution. Tom, you had it dead right: can’t just be technical fix. We’ll need to arrive at set of processes that organization buys into. Ideally, fraud investigation team reports to Chief Financial Officer. Possibly updating a Board sub-committee direct through IPO period. Team needs to work with stakeholders inside and outside the company: FBI, external PR, others t.b.i.,” to be identified .
She paused. Her ultimate ‘deliverable’ would need to be a 200–300 page instruction manual detailing everything: the technical parameters of the fraud monitoring software, the full job descriptions of the head of fraud and the investigators, the processes for engaging law enforcement…
“ Three : Clamor should forge strategic alliance with anti-trafficking organization, pref making meaningful financial contribution to it. Ultimately Clamor’s actions will be ruled on as much in court of public opinion as anywhere, should it come to that...”
Her $250,000 fee sounded excessive. But avoiding a scandal in this arena was certainly worth that much to the company, and she knew better than to expect the Clamor team’s respect and attention if she hung around their Sunnyvale office for free. Perhaps she would give most of it to the anti-trafficking organization that the company allied with.
The sound-activated recorder clicked off. Once the file was downloaded to the voice recognition module of her laptop, it would kick out an email ready for her – and Nguyen’s – review.
The car’s dashboard showed
Was it legal in some parts of the world to sell a thirteen year-old girl for $8,250? Maybe it was. Was it possible that many millions of men wanted a woman of dubiously young age in the role of performer, escort, mistress – ‘wife’ even? Possibly they did. Did Clamor, with its 350 million members and 145-country presence, represent a new and unique means of matching demand with supply?
Clamor.us/TriumphantGardensHotelandGiftShop – the group space that had momentarily flashed up at the Friday presentation: how many such groups were running on Clamor? How many girls, all told? What physical routes did the girls take: northwest through the former Soviet countries, eventually to the US East Coast? Or via the Pacific? What route did the money take?
Natalie had seen a 60 Minutes documentary on human trafficking suggesting the process was always the same: girls were enticed into independent lives elsewhere, usually with the lure of some glamorous role – perhaps nothing more than a regular paying job behind a bar. But once they’d entered their bargain with the trafficker, they were isolated altogether, their passports seized. They were ‘seasoned’ – physically and psychologically abused, likely raped and threatened with reprisal against family members in their home towns and villages. They learned that their transit ‘debts’ needed repaying, that these debts were accumulating enormous levels of interest. They had to work. Girls earned $400 an hour in major Western cities and could be put to work for fourteen hours a day with an efficient booking system. But they saw none of it.
For their trafficking masters, their cost could be recouped over a single weekend. How many such girls around the world were implicated?
Nguyen had not yet given her a job description. That was fine. She’d always done well with shaping her own role. Now that she’d spent the weekend getting orientated, she would propose a three-step approach. She activated the digital recording function of her watch. Her friend Verity had bought it for her as a 30th birthday present, from a store in London called Spycatcher.
“ One : analyze Clamor group data using a ‘clean’ machine and approval of local law enforcement – in place of your nocturnal attempts at the same, Tom. Not sure which law enforcement org, local FBI maybe. Present report to Clamor management team, better still Board of Directors. Invite feedback.
“ Two : solution. Tom, you had it dead right: can’t just be technical fix. We’ll need to arrive at set of processes that organization buys into. Ideally, fraud investigation team reports to Chief Financial Officer. Possibly updating a Board sub-committee direct through IPO period. Team needs to work with stakeholders inside and outside the company: FBI, external PR, others t.b.i.,” to be identified .
She paused. Her ultimate ‘deliverable’ would need to be a 200–300 page instruction manual detailing everything: the technical parameters of the fraud monitoring software, the full job descriptions of the head of fraud and the investigators, the processes for engaging law enforcement…
“ Three : Clamor should forge strategic alliance with anti-trafficking organization, pref making meaningful financial contribution to it. Ultimately Clamor’s actions will be ruled on as much in court of public opinion as anywhere, should it come to that...”
Her $250,000 fee sounded excessive. But avoiding a scandal in this arena was certainly worth that much to the company, and she knew better than to expect the Clamor team’s respect and attention if she hung around their Sunnyvale office for free. Perhaps she would give most of it to the anti-trafficking organization that the company allied with.
The sound-activated recorder clicked off. Once the file was downloaded to the voice recognition module of her laptop, it would kick out an email ready for her – and Nguyen’s – review.
The car’s dashboard showed
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