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一名前联合国工作人员透露 国际警察竟是妓院常客
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　　近日，联合国一名被解雇的国际警察工作队成员向外界披露，部署在波黑的联合国国际警察部队(IPTF)官员本应该恪尽职守，为社会树立典范，却率先违法逛妓院。事件公布后，引起国际关注。

　　博尔科娃被激怒了

　　凯瑟琳·博尔科娃原本是美国内布拉斯加州一名资深警官。两年前，她辞去工作，加入联合国国际警察工作队，并被派往波黑地区调查当地的地下卖淫业。

　　随着工作的深入，博尔科娃开始接触到一些资料，得知她的一些联合国同事竟是这些卖淫妇女的常客，有些甚至卷得更深。她收集到越来越多这方面的资料，也就更加心寒。她在一份报告中讲述了一些外籍军官的所作所为：为被拐卖的卖淫妇女制造假证件，协助她们通过边境检查站入境以及在警察部队的突袭检查前向非法俱乐部的老板通风报信等。

　　去年年初，博尔科娃被降职。同年4月，她被解雇，解聘书上列出的理由是有人控告她伪造工作时间卡。博尔科娃被激怒了，她说，上面根本不想知道事情的真相，他们宁愿对这些证据充耳不闻，视而不见。

　　博尔科娃的故事并不是一个偶然事件。戴维·兰姆在过去两年间曾任联合国人权委员会调查员，在波斯尼亚中部地区进行工作。他说，在工作期间，他与同事定期向上级递交部分国际驻员在波黑犯下不良行径的证据，但得到的却是“不要再深入调查下去”的警告。

　　逛妓院至多被解雇

　　联合国有关官员表示，多数IPTF成员都很好的完成了自己的使命，树立了值得效仿的榜样，但同时也不得不承认，在2000名警察部队中曾有20多人因犯有从收受贿赂到不恰当性行为等过错被解雇。

　　美国国务院发言人查尔斯·亨特承认，在美籍警察工作队成员中就“偶有纪律问题发生”，但是事情通常能得到“迅速、合理并且恰当”的解决。另有美国高级官员承认，美在挑选和训练派驻波黑警察的工作中存在严重问题，因为美国务院把这项工作交给得克萨斯州的一家私人公司经办，这家公司每年可得到美国政府1500万美元的资金。

　　驻波黑的国际警察都享有外交豁免权，对于那些犯罪的国际警察，除非他们本国政府放弃豁免权，否则联合国能够给予他们的最重处罚只不过是将他们遣送回国。

　　国际警察形象何在

　　去年11月，波黑警察在IPTF的协助下，扫荡了波斯尼亚北部一个城镇的三个夜总会，共抓获33名卖淫妇女，其中包括只有14岁的小女孩。第二天，夜总会老板向外界宣称，IPTF此前曾向他索取1万美元保护费遭到拒绝，IPTF恼羞成怒，才发动了这次袭击。

　　卖淫在波黑属非法行为。波黑目前共有两万多名北约维和部队和数千名各种国际援助机构与工作小组成员，卖淫业的繁荣也许与此不无关系。据联合国有关统计数字，各种夜总会和妓院的顾客中有30%是外国人。

　　这些卖淫的妇女来自一些东欧国家。她们抱着做女招待或保姆的幻想来到波黑，但随后被交到妓院老板手里，护照被没收，只好被迫进行性交易。

   假设有这样的一个系统，有生命，且环环相扣。它的外部就像一个巨大的玻璃罩，或者大气层一样，它的运作靠着最基本的生命物体活动来维持，这是我们的群体，区域，国家，社会运作的单程模式。人类的部分活动可以提供这个玻璃罩运行所要的供养，然后它提供给我们保护、维持社会运作，提供发展所要的环境、平台和机会。这样而来即为一个相互依存的关系。同时，它是我们应需而创造的，有生命的机制，运行的体制。
  像人类的活动，能动性导致这种活动必然的结果是进步的，推动历史前进的，但是，这个过程所吞噬的旧事物，会产生消极的，类似社会，道德和法律在倒退现象。像一个个体的人，要生存，然后要成长，就要进食，然后是消化，最后排泄。
  所以。。。我想说的，一切都是必然，都是必须，都是不可避免，无可奈何的。对于时代来说，对于整个我们赖以生存的系统来说，对于个体力量来讲，谁都不能拆除掉自己的免疫系统，我们无能为力。

       看完电影，自然很不好受，回味全片外加百度，试图推测梳理出此片极大的信息量和逻辑，发现不明白之处还是很多的。

    大致学习了一下波黑战争起因是波斯尼亚克族人和克罗地亚人闹独立，而塞尔维亚人主张统一，从史实里看，感觉塞尔维亚族人的政治智慧相当差——抵制投票就不投票反而让波斯尼亚人和克罗地亚人联手合法获得独立自主权，并获得国际社会的认可，但塞族人却骁勇好战，崇尚武力，复仇心切——在国际社会当中，几乎孤立无援的情况下，还和另两族打了4年多仗，并且在被北约连续轰炸死伤无数后，发起了血腥的斯雷布雷尼察大屠杀——更加坐实了塞尔维亚族人无法无可统一国家的事实。


    影片中，刚到波黑的嘉芙在断壁残垣上一扫而过看到：SREBRENICA NEVER FORGET，就直接点出波黑战争带来的破坏，不仅是建筑物还有人心。——斯雷布雷尼察（塞尔维亚语：Сребреница）大屠杀是屠杀者塞尔维亚族和被屠杀者穆斯林族波斯尼亚族都难以忘怀和逾越的民族鸿沟，我留意到，这是用英语而不是当地语言写的，我尽力理解这只是电影拍摄需要。
    
    穆斯林妇女受丈夫虐待案再次突出了这个矛盾，开始按我的理解是：反对处理此事并说“穆斯林活该”的是坏警察，塞尔维亚族人；而嘉芙的得力助手则自我介绍是波斯尼亚族人。——这样才能说通坏警察是带着民族仇恨而大肆贩卖并残酷对待波斯尼亚族少女的，但后来想想民族矛盾如此之深的两族人可能在同一片土地上生活，在同一个地方共事吗？
    如果坏警察不是出于民族仇恨，那就是腐败和经济的解释了。就是更加悲哀的人性无底线了。
    
    影片主要塑造了一系列女性形象，除了嘉芙，还有几个女性形象也很出彩。
    拉亚来自单身家庭，看得出家教甚严，所以在片头她并没有跟鲁芭去“打工”，不幸的是，她最终被uncle-in-law卖走了，她的uncle-in-law在给她拍证件照时，被她的阿姨撞见了，从夫妇两人的表情里看得出，阿姨明白会发生什么事，责备地看着丈夫，但被丈夫的眼神制止，后来的情节看来，阿姨应该为此后悔而责怪丈夫却挨了不少打，即便知道事情可能会败露，但阿姨还是赞助了拉亚妈妈去找拉亚的路费。——悲哀，却让人还是能相信点人性，至少女性还有那么一点底线。
    拉亚暂时脱离危险时，向嘉芙打听鲁芭的下落，而鲁芭在看到拉亚的遭遇时也流露出忏悔和痛苦，年轻姑娘们在屈辱的空间里相互提醒照顾，有的还心存着希望，不管是逃离还是还清债务。——都是悲哀里的一点光亮。但也很脆弱。
    相较而言，莫妮卡贝鲁奇扮演的照章办事的联合国官员，简直就是对联合国官员无人性的控诉了吧。我纠结地既不相信联合国里只有美国人（嘉芙）有人性，而欧洲人（贝鲁奇）就没有，也相信欧洲人确实是可能讲究规则到不可理喻的。
    
    我不太理解的是：拉亚作为一度愿意指证的证人被掳走，而后嘉芙在酒吧里重又找到她，仅仅出于她曾是被掳走的证人，应该就能直接带离而不需要征求她本人意见吧。嘉芙助手说的理由是不太成立的。

    从人口贩卖的条线理解，这是一条相当成熟的产业链，丰富的货源（战争导致男少女多），伪造的证件，运送途径，销售场所（叫保护费而受到警察保护的酒吧）和消费群体（并不只是警察、联合国官员、维和部队等），最后还有一个收容所。
    姑娘们失去人身自由、受疾病侵害，有时还会受非人的对待。

    嘉芙的出现打乱了这条井井有条的产业链，攻克的点是：警察、联合国官员、维和部队等不仅是消费常客，甚至还参与买卖过程，提供保护和帮助。
    我相信，即便是没有官方机构的参与，这始终会是战后重建甚至是任何国家的一个地下产业，虽然影片里在收容所工作的老妇人说：战争导致男少女多，还会有谁来享用这些女孩？——但色情业是建立在人性的贪欲和经济基础不平等上的。

    嘉芙作为孤胆英雄，义愤填膺地揭露黑幕，输出了尊重人权、自由独立的价值观，但从根本上讲，美国及北约从外部介入他国主权，煽动各方势力，通过推动民族独立而把一个国家搞得万劫不复，国家经济上一塌糊涂，社会秩序一塌糊涂，社会构成一塌糊涂，再送来点小小的人权恩惠，这真能打动人心吗？
    而所谓的国际警察、维和部队、联合国办事人员，一个国家的治理不得不需要外国人起劲解决，这对当地人难道真的是人道的吗？还是是为了给某些国家的人创造就业机会和赚钱机会呢？别忘记，嘉芙2000年前后去到波黑，可是领一年10万美金薪水的。而一个波黑姑娘被保养一年的卖身价是3000美金，还能讲价。
      

让我想掐死你。

一帮中学毕业只经过狗屎训练的人应承包公司所聘来到了一个满目疮痍的国家做联合国高级人。

于是，为了体现自己的高级，就践踏别人。为了自己感觉良好，为了满足自己的变态，为了钱。

呵呵呵呵呵呵

女主角在raid那个oasis酒吧的时候，正准备带走那些女孩子的时候，突然来了一帮人，一个人五人六的小伙子，面带得意的贱笑站在那里。

那是个什么心理？是不是真的觉得自己好高级啊！！

在解雇女主的时候，右边那个黑人警卫脸上的贱笑，也挺到位。

虽然这都是演的，但是这是根据真实事件改编的电影，所以我相信当时那些人的贱笑也是很到位的。

因为人嘛，不管你是黑红黄白，都是一个德行。






由于被数位高端深刻的社会精英抱怨看我写的这些话是浪费时间，所以我不得不不加一句：我写的都是废话，请“高端”“深刻”的人不要看，谢谢！！！书包背背好，不要再掉了。

首先这部电影在pptv的蓝光视频里，这样你们就可以容易找到。

这部电影是真人真事。

关于剧情，辗转反侧的内容，让眼睛和大脑不停的运作，本来以为是光明前的黑暗，原来是越来越琢磨不透的阴森。


然后让我们看看作为世界联合国，他们主要负责的事项, 我简单的摘要了一下 “联合国、各方案和基金以及专门机构组成“联合国系统”。作为联合国组织的大家庭，联合国执行涉及我们每个人方方面面的多种任务。这些任务既包括安全理事会为应对某一争端决定派遣维持和平行动，也包括制定航空安全和通信兼容性的标准； 既包括向自然灾害受害者迅速调运紧急用品，也包括协调对付艾滋病流行的工作；既包括帮助各国举行自由公正选举，也包括为较穷国家基础设施发展争取低息贷款提供担保。归根结底，联合国的工作是要创造一个更健康、更稳定的世界，增进我们人人享有的机会和正义（见www.unsystem.org）”


剧中的女主角就是为了完成这些事情然后去不同国家帮助他人的其中一只小蚂蚁，不出所料的是，一群男人的里边，只有2个女人在做这样的事情，没有女生愿意做这样的工作，一年的很多时间飞来飞去，每天穿着制服，当女主角问她另外的一个女同事为什么做这个，那个女孩说，因为不需要大学毕业成绩，听说还能挣很多钱。

电影是讲人口贩卖的，一个多少年来一直存在的问题，看到影片中那些年轻的女孩被泯灭人性的欺凌，手无寸铁的她们让我揪心，她一个联合国中的一个小蚂蚁，想要拯救这些女孩们，重重的阻碍，不光使她丢掉了工作，还造成了其中一个女孩子的死亡。女人在那里，或者说在很多地方是不被看重的，丈夫的打虐，其他男人的不尊重，等等。

现在我的心情还是久久不能平静，无法平静下来不光是看到一部真人真事的电影，而且在电影最后 这个女人最后也没有能回到联合国上班，为什么一个人只是想伸张正义，努力的用自己的真心去工作，却那样难？

她一直没有哭，直到她看着其中被拐卖一个女孩，她伸出手对那个女孩说“ 别怕，你就只要说你想离开，你是安全的。” 她不停的说，泪也不停的落下来。女孩最后哭着说“no“ 她颤抖着躲到了那个连狗都不会住的房间里。

到底真相是什么，电影为我们留下了问号。




看到这些，我们应该做什么？




最后是一些电影的台词。
"We say in this nation that we are looking for people with honesty, integrity, drive and dedication, and then when we find such people, we take them out and whip them." -anonymous whistleblower


“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.” -Margaret Thatcher

"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something." -Pancho Villa

"We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless." -Lech Walesa

Talking With Kathryn Bolkovac About Her Experience as The Whistleblower

Posted: 08/16/11 07:48 PM ET

 

After seeing (and reviewing) The Whistleblower, I contacted Kathryn Bolkovac, whose story is the basis of the movie, and interviewed her. Her answers speak for themselves, but also give such a sense of her persona, grit and determination.

FOSTER: You were faced with a situation where the people you worked with were engaged in something very shocking. Do you have any insight as to how or why they got involved with trafficking?

I really do not think there is clear cut answer for this. Everyone is an individual and is accountable to their individual behavior and potential illegal actions they committed and continue to commit in current missions. I think most people are truly just plain complicit in their thinking and tend to not get involved or look the other way to avoid any form of accountability, especially if they think that something does not directly affect them for their position. Then there is the group of people who can easily be swayed to join in on a pack mentality, who are morally and mentally weak or ignorant. When conditions are right as they have been and still are in many overseas missions around the world, or if they think they will not be caught or judged then it is easy for them to engage in illegal and corrupt behavior. They try to justify and minimize their actions. Finally, there are individuals who are just plain evil and corrupt, they see the money making potential of preying on the helpless and needy, and exploit every opportunity they can to make a buck, especially in an industry that involves sex. They are very good at dehumanizing, denial, and lying about what is going on.

FOSTER: What do you think needs to be done to address the trafficking issue? What can government do?

The trafficking issue at large is too complex to tackle with sweeping reform. There are so many different types of human trafficking each with different dynamics of funding the corruption. Obviously, many adults choose to be trafficked... or illegally transported across many borders to escape horrendous conditions in their own countries. These issues cannot be convoluted with organized criminal syndicates who are providing services to internationals all over the world, in the form of trafficking for forced prostitution. They are involved in the recruitment, abuse, desensitization, and sale of human flesh, into international missions as sex workers. This is what I want to discuss and what I think we can make a huge impact on based on my experiences as a former law enforcement officer, former UN employee, former representative of our U.S. government overseas, and as a former employee of one of the largest private government contractors in the world DynCorp.

FOSTER: What can our government do?

First, in the short term, the United States needs to take a serious look at why we are willing to allow private companies to engage in the profession of law enforcement. Government contractors are a needed and viable means to get many logistical and re-construction efforts accomplished. They are not a viable means for a protection force or as a mechanism for the use in training law enforcement officers in emerging democracies. Law enforcement is not a business. Policing is a calling. Does anyone really believe that private corporations are in this policing and operational mission business for anything but the money? We need to set an example with our own federal police selection units, perhaps via the Department of Justice as an example, why can we not recruit and most importantly train our own community police officers before we send them into these missions? My book accurately describes the pathetic training offered by the private company who sent me overseas, which I am sure was heavily subsidized with my tax dollars. It was a disgrace; none of us had even the minimum knowledge or idea of what we were supposed to be doing once we got into Bosnia.

If we are to continue to send "rent a cops " overseas with inadequate knowledge and inadequate protections from corrupt private companies, some of whom had serious questionable policing backgrounds we might want to stop and think about how this damages our reputation and our goals. The private company who fired me had free reign to treat me however they saw fit, no one was in authority to stop them. They were exempt from all U.S. government accountability and have never been held accountable for what they did to me to this day. How has this changed? It has not.

Second, get the Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (CEJA) out of committee and get it passed. It has been more than 12 years overdue. [NOTE: CEJA would allow the U.S. Justice Department to prosecute government contractors and employees for certain crimes committed overseas. It would complement the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA), which provides similar criminal jurisdiction over Department of Defense employees and contractors but does not clearly apply to U.S. contractors working overseas for other federal agencies.]

Third, make government contractors accountable for their employee actions, by putting a clause in their contracts that require them to facilitate and allow oversight of both external and internal investigations by outside government agencies, when probable cause exists that employees are suspected, or implicated in criminal offenses. They must cooperate in the facilitation of prosecutions. They can no longer just fire people, and hope the problem goes away, which automatically curtails any further investigation.

Fourth, set examples by having the means available to prosecute and convict with meaningful sentences.

FOSTER: What can individuals do?

Learn, read, report, and stop burying your heads in the sand. Many of the people involved in these crimes could be your next door neighbor.

Get local law enforcement initiatives started, and ask your police chiefs this question. What kind of training is being offered to your new recruits and officers on the streets to recognize and investigate all forms of human trafficking?

Do you think a local police chief in the hills of Northern New Mexico, or in the farming community of southern Illinois, is even going to know what we are talking about? Does the local hotel have young female Hispanics working in the housekeeping department? They do not speak English, they have no documents, does he know what wage they are being paid and in what form? Think about it. I have been in these places have you?

 FOSTER: Many of the women and girls who are trafficked are promised jobs that don't materialize. What do you think would be effective to get the word out to them so that fewer of them fall prey to these types of promises?

The only effect we can have on this is to stop the demand.

FOSTER: How did you sustain yourself?

Continued faith in our justice system, lots of hard workouts and sweat, many tears and my husband would make me a strong gin tonic with lots of lemon and ice once in a while.
 



 

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