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Revised and updated for 2016, including exposed corruption, the death of a newspaper and what the victims Really think of Law Enforcement. 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. The myth is that human trafficking of this kind disguises itself as a different monster; an evil face that is easy to recognize. The truth is far more devious and complex. In the shadows of our daily lives, this silent explosion of crime and abuse hides behind a deceptive mask of false innocence and legitimacy. For the first time we will openly examine this heretofore ignored truth with no agenda or motive other than to expose its stark reality. This trip to The Berlin Turnpike will take you to the core of how and where these events take place from the perspective of all those involved: the victims, the police, and the perpetrators. Never before has one story so accurately represented the dangerously magnetic commonalities shared by thousands of roadways, neighborhoods, businesses, publications, private homes, and websites. The Berlin Turnpike: A True Story of Human Trafficking in America, is a compelling expose of the people who live with the realities of commercial sexual exploitation every day. - The witnesses. Melissa P., Eileen K., Marianne C., Jennifer D., and Kathleen C. Each has their own reason for testifying. And each has something important to hide. - The Lawyers. Passionate, calculating, and with their careers on the line, the prosecution and the defense try desperately to win over the jury with every possible strategy. - The defendant. Smart, charismatic, and looking at 30 years in prison. His story will surprise you. - The girls. Marie, Danita, Kayla, Simone and others are our tour guides down The Berlin Turnpike. They share their raw, honest stories without hype or drama. In their own words, you ll learn what life is like with a pimp. - The Road. Like America s continuing struggle for equality, The Berlin Turnpike has a long, sordid history of heroes and villains. For the first time, their secrets are revealed.
- Sales Rank: #1271096 in Books
- Published on: 2016-02-10
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 525 pages
Review
The Berlin Turnpike is unlike any other book on the subject of human trafficking. The book functions as a textbook, a combination of history, sociology, economics, and women's rights, but it reads like a thriller. Without the common hype or sensational drama, Raymond Bechard tells a story that reaches deep into the well of our souls. He has given us a completely new perspective on this complex issue which has been lurking for so long in every community throughout the United States. This is an important and essential lesson for American families. You will need courage to read this book. And you will need courage to face each day after you finish. --Richard Lepoutre I've lived along the Berlin Turnpike for twenty years and was aware of its legendary status from the time I moved to Connecticut as a teenager, but I didn't realize just how true many of the urban legends actually are. In this carefully researched and documented book, Raymond Bechard makes the straight stretch of suburban highway in central Connecticut a microcosm for similar areas throughout the country, and maybe even the world. He even makes it work. The book functions as a textbook, a combination of history, sociology, economics, and women's rights, but it reads like a thriller. Bechard moves back and forth from the beginning of the toll road in the 1700's, to its paving in the early 1900s, to contemporary Connecticut with Walmart, Bertucci's, Hooters, and the still famous Grantmoor Motor Lodge. He cites a plethora of sources to prove that human trafficking has been with us for centuries, and it hasn't changed much except for the technology. The biggest problem may be the reluctance of "decent" citizens to believe how widespread or how deeply entrenched the problem is. Bechard mixes in fascinating historical background about the state, too. I knew about the Prudence Crandall center for abused women in New Britain, for example, but I never knew who Prudence Crandall was. Now I do. Many of the major players in the landmark trial of Dennis Paris, aka "Rahmyti," continue to be key figures in state judicial proceedings. Bechard admits that because of denial, prudish citizenry, and outright deception, many figures are difficult to confirm, but he's certainly done his best. While his tone and subject matter carry urgency, he never becomes hysterical or a zealot, and has produced a fascinating text. My only complaint is that some of the editing and formatting are a bit rushed, but they do nothing to detract from the final product. This is probably not a book you're going to love, but it's a book all parents of teen or pre-teen children should read. --Lit Teacher This book is such a wonderful combination of history lesson, real life drama and call to action that it should be required reading for all high school and university students. With the explosion of the internet, the issue of human trafficking our girls and young women has never been more pressing. Mr. Bechard cuts through the reader's denial. He engages in a meaningful way by connecting us to the very sad, true story of how the sex industry damages and kills our children. You will finish this book with a completely new perspective on the insidious sex trade going on in every town in the United States. --TGUm I've lived along the Berlin Turnpike for twenty years and was aware of its legendary status from the time I moved to Connecticut as a teenager, but I didn't realize just how true many of the urban legends actually are. In this carefully researched and documented book, Raymond Bechard makes the straight stretch of suburban highway in central Connecticut a microcosm for similar areas throughout the country, and maybe even the world. He even makes it work. --TGUm
I've lived along the Berlin Turnpike for twenty years and was aware of its legendary status from the time I moved to Connecticut as a teenager, but I didn't realize just how true many of the urban legends actually are. In this carefully researched and documented book, Raymond Bechard makes the straight stretch of suburban highway in central Connecticut a microcosm for similar areas throughout the country, and maybe even the world. He even makes it work. The book functions as a textbook, a combination of history, sociology, economics, and women's rights, but it reads like a thriller. Bechard moves back and forth from the beginning of the toll road in the 1700's, to its paving in the early 1900s, to contemporary Connecticut with Walmart, Bertucci's, Hooters, and the still famous Grantmoor Motor Lodge. He cites a plethora of sources to prove that human trafficking has been with us for centuries, and it hasn't changed much except for the technology. The biggest problem may be the reluctance of "decent" citizens to believe how widespread or how deeply entrenched the problem is. Bechard mixes in fascinating historical background about the state, too. I knew about the Prudence Crandall center for abused women in New Britain, for example, but I never knew who Prudence Crandall was. Now I do. Many of the major players in the landmark trial of Dennis Paris, aka "Rahmyti," continue to be key figures in state judicial proceedings. Bechard admits that because of denial, prudish citizenry, and outright deception, many figures are difficult to confirm, but he's certainly done his best. While his tone and subject matter carry urgency, he never becomes hysterical or a zealot, and has produced a fascinating text. My only complaint is that some of the editing and formatting are a bit rushed, but they do nothing to detract from the final product. This is probably not a book you're going to love, but it's a book all parents of teen or pre-teen children should read. --Lit Teacher
This book is such a wonderful combination of history lesson, real life drama and call to action that it should be required reading for all high school and university students. With the explosion of the internet, the issue of human trafficking our girls and young women has never been more pressing. Mr. Bechard cuts through the reader's denial. He engages in a meaningful way by connecting us to the very sad, true story of how the sex industry damages and kills our children. You will finish this book with a completely new perspective on the insidious sex trade going on in every town in the United States. --TGUm
About the Author
Having worked in the area of human rights for over two decades, this is Raymond Bechard s second book on the topic of human trafficking. His first, Unspeakable: The Hidden Truth Behind the World s Fastest Growing Crime, is an expose of child trafficking in all its forms around the world. Both The Berlin Turnpike and Unspeakable come with a warning from the author. The closer we learn about human trafficking, the uglier it gets. You cannot get close to this topic without getting your hands dirty. For any thinking person, it is impossible to face the truth of it without having it change you. That s why so few people are willing to even look at it. They want to believe it is something that can be solved easily and quickly. It can t. While the media treats it as a new problem, it has been in this country for two hundred years. Trafficking is an increasingly accepted part of our culture and it will take generations of healing and understanding to stop it.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
A Negative Review
By GL
I've read all 500+ pages of this book and disagree with the positive reviews provided above for the following reasons:
1. The Still-Silenced Voice of the Victim. The book alleges to let the victims speak for themselves, but endless pages of trial testimony (80 before I quit counting at page 190) guided by prosecution and defense lawyers' questions hardly fits the bill. Neither do the sporadic interviews Bechard conducts with alleged victims. These seem more designed to highlight Bechard's own negative portrayal of law enforcement and other who combat trafficking. Instead read, Theresa Flores' "The Victim Across the Street" or Rachel Lloyd's "Girls Like Us."
2. Who to Turn To? No discussion is given of "who is doing what" in terms of victim care, not even with respect to the narrowly circumscribed subject of Connecticut sex trafficking to which this book pertains. There is no description of the work done by DCF and its subcontractors or services to adult victims funded under the U.S. DOJ's Project Rescue. The author is simply not part of their world, and it shows.
3. A Mystery Unsolved. Given that the author alleges "through direct intervention... [to have] assisted in saving over 3000 young people around the world and in the U.S. since 2003" (Ahava Kids website, 2008) it is remarkable that neither this nor his previously self-published book, "Unspeakable," contain any account of such. The book suggests Bechard had some responsibility for Marie's care (and both she and he have indicated elsewhere that that is so): how did this come about and what did this care consist of?
4. Trust No One. The book denigrates virtually anyone else (other than the author) involved in the campaign against trafficking: law enforcement, politicians, the media, charitable organizations, etc. The presentation is just too unbalanced.
5. Too Little, Too Late. The author decries the inadequate state of data gathering concerning sex trafficking in the U.S., but this is a well-known problem that was identified as long ago as 2007 in Anthony DeStefano's "The War on Human Trafficking: U.S. Policy Assessed." Certainly Bechard has not provided any such data on the alleged 3,000 victims in a dozen countries. You would think the author would at least have accessed the victim profile data collected by municipal police departments.
6. Sloppy Reference Material ("Bibliography and Notations" and "Reference Rescources" [sic]). One addendum containing a biography of Judge Droney is copied verbatim from the judge's website without any citation. No doubt an oversight on the author's part, but it gives the impression that the text consists of the author's words when in fact they are not. This reviewer was also unable to find the audio transcripts for the interviews with alleged victims. Scholars should be wary if citing this book.
7. Irrelevant Content. The book is divided into 119 'chapters' -- some as short as a page. A witness testimony can be divided into 6 or more chapters between which are interspersed descriptions of the history of the Berlin Turnpike and historical matters related to the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and "white slavery" (prostitution) in America. The history of the Turnpike? Do we really need a lengthy account of George M. Cohan's traffic accident?
8. Stream-of-consciousness. Even within a chapter, topics can be far ranging. Chapter Forty-four describes the end of prohibition, economic recovery after the Depression, the Great Hurricane of Connecticut, Katherine Hepburn hitting a hole-in-one, how the author's father camped with the Boy Scouts near the Berlin Turnpike, the opening of the Silas Deane Highway and the life of Silas Deane (the person).
9. Lack of Originality. The importance of the Internet to sex trafficking cannot be understated, and the author is correct to describe the problem. For a more original and in depth account, I recommend Victor Malarek's "The Johns: Sex for Sale and the Men Who Buy It" which describes how johns not only procure prostitutes over the Internet but use it provide each other with mutual support. Bechard's concern with the Internet and other media stays focused, as mentioned above, on the failures and motivations of politicians and law enforcement officials.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful.
the book challenged me to do more
By Alex Van Steen
In short, Raymond Bechard may not have many kind words for me. He'd likely disparage me as a "do-gooder" (at best), someone with awareness up to their ears but, invariably, an inability to help even one person move through life beyond exploitation. Depressing. Accurate? You tell me.
Mr. Bechard's first book, Unspeakable: The Hidden Truth Behind the World's Fastest Growing Crime, held me as I sucked it down in one sitting. I was certainly aware of the concept of child abuse, at least I thought I was, until I read Unspeakable. I had not understood the endless capacity for cruelty as demonstrated through the systematic, organized, targeted, commercial exploitation of children as the "the world's fastest growing crime!" My eyes opened to the horrors of children used in war ... as barriers for adult fighters or to detect land mines, elementary-aged children used in brickyards, garment factories, and mines ... never-ending toil controlled through never-ending violence, and children ceaselessly sexually exploited ... only to be snuffed when they no longer "attracted" customers.
Between Unspeakable and The Berlin Turnpike I consumed approximately 40 published books, operated a blog and a website, attended a dozen conferences and trainings, and wrote letters, emails or had discussions with anyone and everyone (including Mr. Bechard) who I knew to be involved as an advocate for exploited children, especially child victims of commercial sexual exploitation (CSE). I also joined StandUp For Kids, an organization involved in outreach to youth ages 8 to 24 who are homeless or street-involved.
Despite my "deeds," Mr. Bechard once more challenged me to my core as I read (on p. 450), "In the summer of 2010, everyone in America was aware of BP's gushing oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, but their awareness did not stop the leak." Let me be real about this for a second, if I think I have been "active" and yet I have only been "aware," how has that helped even one street-involved kid in Tacoma, one Restevek in New York, one 8-year old blueberry picker in Minnesota, one preteen sex slave in Spokane, one "illegal alien" teenager in the fruit orchards of Florida? Mr. Bechard might argue that it hasn't. I agree.
The Berlin Turnpike is compelling read; a fat book at 469 pages (plus an extensive 37-page bibliography) written in accessible language, with a keen eye for separating the objective truth from the historical fiction, not an easy task when considering this emotionally charged topic. Mr. Bechard carries an unapologetically real tone regarding history, statistics, abolitionists, pedophiles, our legal system, and the plight of girls and women in the commercial sex industry. He intertwines interesting, relevant, and challenging CSE information with the testimony of the court trial of a pimp known on the street as Rahmyti (pronounced "Rah-ME-tee"). I stopped reading the details of the court case about � of the way through the book because I got lost in the details, but I gotta tell you, the nearly 40 pages dedicated to the stories behind Craigslist, Backpage.com, and Facebook (yes, Facebook!) are worth the price alone.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
Terrible writing
By Compulsive Reader
Raymond Bechard is a terrible writer - much of his "research" appears to be done by cobbling together internet reports - and then there is this NBC report to consider (please look it up - and related reports - yourself). So much for "noble missions"!
AG Says Orphan Rescuer Misused Cash
AG claims Ahava Kids founder misused $100,000 By LeAnne Gendreau and Tom Monahan // The attorney general claims a charity founder was spending money meant to help orphans and prostitutes.Raymond Bechard’s mission seemed noble. The charity he founded claimed to serve vulnerable people -- victims of human trafficking and orphaned children with AIDS. But Attorney General Richard Blumenthal claims much of the money never went to help anyone other than Bechard himself. Based on information Blumenthal said came from a whistleblower who was hired to work on Bechard's Web site, he has filed a lawsuit against Bechard, accusing him of pilfering up to $100,000 of $250,000 raised through Ahava Kids, Inc., an organization Bechard started in 2004 that was supposed to be a non-profit. The Ahava Kids Web site shows sad children’s eyes and claims “your love is their last, best hope.” The plea for money says donations would help rescue victims in the United States and throughout the world. Funds were also meant to go toward operating a hotline and safe houses, including one in Connecticut and one in Georgia, as well as to help prostitutes and to distribute AIDS medication to orphaned children in third-world countries. However, Blumenthal said, Bechard spent it on himself and at restaurants and stores. Then there are the questionable expenses on gasoline, the ATM withdrawals and the $67,000 the charity loaned to companies Bechard owned, the suit claims. "Claiming to help human trafficking victims and orphaned AIDS children, Raymond Bechard allegedly did more to help himself,” Blumenthal said. “Through Ahava Kids, he promises protection from human trafficking victims, opportunities for prostitutes seeking escape, and relief for orphans.”
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