Event: Author Discusses Book on Berlin Turnpike Sex Trafficking

Raymond Bechard, author "Berlin Turnpike: A True Story of Human Trafficking in America," will discuss his book on the underground networks of sex trafficking on the turnpike and throughout the U.S. Monday night at 6:30 p.m. at the library.

According to the book's website at www.TheBerlinTurnpike.com:

This is a true story of human trafficking in America as told through the testimony of a landmark federal trial which took place at the heart of one of the country’s wealthiest states, Connecticut, over the course of eight days in 2007. The trial of United States vs. Dennis Paris provides a rare and detailed account of how a specific type of trafficking - commercial sexual exploitation - is thriving because it has left the street corners and entered our homes. This one case contains every element of a crime so reliant on secrecy; shrouded behind a scintillating veil of growing legitimacy. Yet it is buried just below the surface of our culture’s mainstream perception.

Bechard was recently interviewed on Connecticut Style. You can watch him discuss the book HERE.