The Girl from Kathmandu: Twelve Dead Men and a Woman's Quest for Justice

Investigative journalist Simpson (Bloomberg Businessweek) investigates the seamy world of human trafficking for answers as to how 12 men from Nepal, destined for work at a luxury hotel in Amman, Jordan, ended up as subcontractors on an American military base in Iraq where they were kidnapped and murdered by Islamic extremists. The shocking video of their executions was for some of their family, the first they'd learned of their loved one's death and even their presence in Iraq. Amid the story of human rights lawyers taking on an international corporation, Halliburton, whose governmental ties and questionable business practices made the case a challenge, Simpson shares the story of Kamala Magar, a new mother and a widow at 19. Living in a Nepali society that views widowhood as stigmatized, Kamala had the fortitude to abandon expectations and rebuild her life, even traveling to the United States to seek justice for her husband.