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  • After Russian pogroms drove Jews out of the Pale of Settlement in the late 19th century, Jewish women became the raw material of the white-slave traffic, supplying Argentina as well as Western Europe.

    Jihadis and whores Edstock 2009

  • After Russian pogroms drove Jews out of the Pale of Settlement in the late 19th century, Jewish women became the raw material of the white-slave traffic, supplying Argentina as well as Western Europe.

    Archive 2009-09-01 West End Bob 2009

  • As more and more time goes by, I have the feeling that Madeleine has been captured by a Muslim, white-slave ring.

    Prayer for Madeleine Lionheart 2007

  • What we do know is that the American people are spending more on gambling than on medical care or education; that, in so doing, they are putting up the money for the corruption of public 'officials and the vicious activities of the dope peddlers, loan sharks, bootleggers, white-slave traders, and slick confidence men.

    The Baleful Influence of Gambling 1969

  • The dishonesty of the gambling operations, the degradation of the narcotics and white-slave traffic are bad enough, but what really concerns me is the great wealth of the racketeers and the power that goes with it — the power to corrupt police and public officials, and in some instances, gain political control of an area.

    The Baleful Influence of Gambling 1969

  • What we do know is that the American people are spending more on gambling than on medical care or education; that, in so doing, they are putting up the money for the corruption of public 'officials and the vicious activities of the dope peddlers, loan sharks, bootleggers, white-slave traders, and slick confidence men.

    The Baleful Influence of Gambling 1962

  • What we do know is that the American people are spending more on gambling than on medical care or education; that, in so doing, they are putting up the money for the corruption of public 'officials and the vicious activities of the dope peddlers, loan sharks, bootleggers, white-slave traders, and slick confidence men.

    The Baleful Influence of Gambling 1962

  • The dishonesty of the gambling operations, the degradation of the narcotics and white-slave traffic are bad enough, but what really concerns me is the great wealth of the racketeers and the power that goes with it — the power to corrupt police and public officials, and in some instances, gain political control of an area.

    The Baleful Influence of Gambling 1962

  • When it is remembered that the saloon is in close alliance with the gambling interest, the white-slave interest, the graft element, the political bosses, and the corrupt lobbies, it is easy to see that it constitutes a serious danger to good government throughout the nation.

    Society Its Origin and Development Henry Kalloch Rowe

  • A "white-slave traffic" seems to have developed in recent years that has not only increased the number of local prostitutes, but has united far-distant urban centres.

    Society Its Origin and Development Henry Kalloch Rowe

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