A Crime So Monstrous

25% of royalties go to Free The Slaves, a group that uses holistic, locally-based strategies through global partners to fight slavery, rehabilitate slaves and eradicate bondage.

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“Rigorously investigated and fearlessly reported, A Crime So Monstrous is a passionate and thorough examination of the appalling reality of human bondage in today’s world.”

Bill Clinton

“Much like 19th-century abolitionist accounts of slavery in the United States, his book is meant both to inform and to enrage–and it succeeds on both counts.”

The Washington Post

"[A] devastating exposé of the millions of suffering enslaved human beings around the world, including children. . . . High literary style in nonfiction books like "A Crime So Monstrous" is often rare."

The Boston Globe

About Author

Ben Skinner is Founder & President of Transparentem, a non-profit investigative unit. Previously, as a journalist, he reported on diverse topics from five continents for Time, Newsweek, Travel + Leisure, and others. His first book, A Crime So Monstrous, was awarded the 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for nonfiction, as well as a citation from the Overseas Press Club in its book category for 2008. He was named an Adventurer of the Year 2008 by National Geographic.