{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/6333af53e42f280013b798a2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"632: Mitzi Perdue, part 1: Sex Trafficking in Ukraine","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/1664331124008-8216dc4328b6d0da502aca49d6e0b378.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Mitzi just returned from the Ukraine War, invited by General Andriy Nebytov from the Kyiv Regional Police. He invited her after reading her piece <a href=\"https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/end-human-trafficking/202208/human-trafficking-ukraine-s-border-0\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Human Trafficking on Ukraine’s Border</a> to see this trafficking in person. She saw abductions happening, powerless to act, as traffickers controlled the region.</p><p>She describes what she saw. This episode isn't graphic, but sober. We'd prefer to live in a world without what she described, but I believe if it exists, better to know about it than not.</p><p>She also shares what we can do to help and how, in particular helping the charity she created.</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://mitziperdue.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Mitzi's home page</a></li><li>Mitzi's Ukraine charity, <a href=\"https://uletgroup.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ULET Group</a></li></ul>","author_name":"Joshua Spodek: Author, Speaker, Professor"}