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The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice - Kathryn Bolkovac, Cari Lynn
The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice
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When Nebraska police officer and divorced mother of three Kathryn Bolkovac saw a recruiting announcement for private military contractor DynCorp International, she applied and was hired. Good money, world travel, and the chance to help rebuild a war-torn country sounded like the perfect job.... show more
When Nebraska police officer and divorced mother of three Kathryn Bolkovac saw a recruiting announcement for private military contractor DynCorp International, she applied and was hired. Good money, world travel, and the chance to help rebuild a war-torn country sounded like the perfect job. Bolkovac was shipped out to Bosnia, where DynCorp had been contracted to support the UN peacekeeping mission. She was assigned as a human rights investigator, heading the gender affairs unit. The lack of proper training provided sounded the first alarm bell, but once she arrived in Sarajevo, she found out that things were a lot worse. At great risk to her personal safety, she began to unravel the ugly truth about officers involved in human trafficking and forced prostitution and their connections to private mercenary contractors, the UN, and the U.S. State Department. After bringing this evidence to light, Bolkovac was demoted, felt threatened with bodily harm, was fired, and ultimately forced to flee the country under cover of darkness—bringing the incriminating documents with her. Thanks to the evidence she collected, she won a lawsuit against DynCorp, finally exposing them for what they had done. This is her story and the story of the women she helped achieve justice for.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780230108028 (0230108024)
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
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Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it
4.0
I really don't what to say about this book, other than the fact that Kathryn Bolkovac should win the Nobel Prize, and I would like to meet her.The events that Bolkovac chronicles were also shown in a movie version of this book. The movie has some changes but is far more faithful than I thought. It...
A little tea, a little chat
A little tea, a little chat rated it
5.0
Having just expressed my conviction that the bio-pic is an evil thing, I come to an example that seems to work. May I say that cautiously.I have not yet read the book, but from what I can see from looking at Bolkovac's site, very little has been changed to create a movie which provides a non-sensati...
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