Call to prayer for those caught in human trafficking

Where does one start combating the complex issues involved in human trafficking? How can one person have any impact on organized crime that is making billions of dollars and is ruthless about coercing people into doing their will? How can I make a difference? The issues are very complex but there are 2 simple things that anyone can do:

1) Become informed
2) Pray

About a dozen ReachGlobal Europe missionaries from 6 different cities are very interested in the issue of human trafficking. I think there are more that we don't know about yet. For 21 days, we are joining in prayer for God's intervention. Using a Prayer Diary available at www.stopthetraffik.org, we are focusing prayer on the issue of human trafficking. Each day has a brief news story, testimony, or some educational information and a suggested prayer request.

Day 18 highlights Prague so I have copied the information below:

Radio Prague reported that police in the Czech Republic have broken up a human trafficking ring which may have made up to $500,000 by trafficking Czech and Slovak women into sexual exploitation abroad. In a police operation which involved more than 160 officers, 16 people were arrested and charged, 8 of who are now in jail. It is not yet known how long this trafficking ring may have operated for. If proven, this will be another case of women being trafficked within the EU for sexual exploiitation, showing that human trafficking is not a problem of illegal immigration.

PLEASE PRAY FOR PEOPLE WITHIN THE EU who are trying to migrate legally, but end up being deceived by traffickers into situations of slavery.

For more information about human trafficking in Prague, you can visit ExodusCry.com where their "city in focus" for April is Prague.

I have had more response to my blog entries on human trafficking than anything else I have written about. This seems to be an issue that God is addressing and asking people to join him in. Would you consider joining RG missionaries in Europe in praying against human trafficking? Maybe you could take the prayer guide and start praying alone, with us, or in a small group of people. I believe that God leads us through prayer and He will lead as we pray for those who are caught in human trafficking.