Raising Awareness Key to Fighting Sex Trafficking, Experts Say
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Somaly Mam, an activist and survivor of sex slavery, emphasizes the power of awareness to undermine those profiting from trafficking.
Victim of Sex Trafficking in U.S. Tells Her Story
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Laura had turned her first trick on February 1, 2000, for a pimp named Quinn.
Humans Not For Sale: Federal and State Trafficking Legislation
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Sex trafficking is a global, national and local epidemic.
Using Mainstream Media to Open Eyes to Human Trafficking
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Reporter Leif Coorlim traveled to Cambodia, Haiti and the Philippines to document the stories of victims of human trafficking – including girls as young as 12 who had been coerced into sex work – who remain trapped by debt and the threat of violence.
Chicago: A National Hub for Human Trafficking
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When Marelyn Garcia met the man who would become her boyfriend, little did she know he would become the trigger to her heroin addiction, and eventually her pimp, after he coerced her into working the streets to fund their addiction. Human trafficking incidents in the U.S. have been increasingly steadily, with a cumulative total of 2,515 known incidents by mid-2010.