bendlin is the head of the international organization of migration. the organization works to prevent of trafficking of women in the border area of brazil, argentina, and paraguay. according to bendlin, there are 6000 possible victims of trafficking in this area. in 2006 and 2007, the organization had seminars to teach government leaders to fight trafficking. the seminars were in ciudad del este, paraguay, foz do iguasu, brazil and porto iguasu, argentina.