Ashlander John Flynn, graduate of OSU, ex-Peace Corps Volunteer, now based in Ulaanbaatar, shared the story of Sarantuya. Flynn works for the Human Security Policy Studies Center (HSPSC), a non-governmental agency, focused on counter-human trafficking. His NGO is funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation.It seems counterintuitive to think that young women from remote Mongolia could be swept away into the dark world of human trafficking, sold and exploited like commodities, forced into a form of brutal modern-day slavery. Yet, it is all too common. "Women are trafficked out of Mongolia by train or bus to China and by air to Malaysia and Singapore as well South Korea for fraudulent marriages," writes Flynn. Full Story
