”Men, women, and children are sold into a $150 billion annual market for sex and labor. This is happening globally, nationally and locally; in hotels, restaurants, and street corners,” Schaffer said.
Why call it the Bakken Human Trafficking Summit? Is it easy to get more attention by implying that the issue is primarily an oil and gas creation? I have worked in oil and gas for almost five decades and haven't encountered anyone working in the industry that didn't choose to work there. If it is here, it is the result of the greed and character of those in the supporting outside industries, so why try to covertly pin blame on the Bakken oil and gas industry with the title of the summit!
Why call it the Bakken Human Trafficking Summit? Is it easy to get more attention by implying that the issue is primarily an oil and gas creation? I have worked in oil and gas for almost five decades and haven't encountered anyone working in the industry that didn't choose to work there. If it is here, it is the result of the greed and character of those in the supporting outside industries, so why try to covertly pin blame on the Bakken oil and gas industry with the title of the summit!