Shadow205
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Young women and children raped, tortured and sold for sex its modern day slavery and it's happening here in Jacksonville.
In fact, the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights says Florida has one of the highest rates of "human trafficking" in the country. Barred windows and locked doors are the only visible signs of America's modern day slave trade.
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Traffickers use torture, threats and brainwashing to sell women, men and children into domestic servitude, for sweat shop labor and for sex.
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These are kids from the suburbs and middle class America, he says. Sometimes it's a kid with low self esteem, who may be enticed by someone who wants to befriend her."
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White House statistics show more than 14,500 victims are recruited, transported and sold in the US every year. 80 percent of them are female, and 70 of those women are for sex.
One official says it is probably one of the fastest growing international organizational crimes in the world.
more at the link http://www.cbs47.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=1FC31A35-712C-4D52-852E-F8B7CAD6DEAE
This is an excellent article. If you want a real eye opener to what is happening & how it is happening to these girls read this http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1596778&page=1
Teen Girls Tell Their Stories of Sex Trafficking and Exploitation in U.S.
The FBI estimates that well over 100,000 children and young women are trafficked in America today. They range in age from 9 to 19, with the average age being 11.
And many victims are no longer just runaways, or kids who've been abandoned. Many of them are from what would be considered "good" families, who are lured or coerced by clever predators, say experts.
more at the link posted above
In fact, the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights says Florida has one of the highest rates of "human trafficking" in the country. Barred windows and locked doors are the only visible signs of America's modern day slave trade.
<snip>
Traffickers use torture, threats and brainwashing to sell women, men and children into domestic servitude, for sweat shop labor and for sex.
<snip>
These are kids from the suburbs and middle class America, he says. Sometimes it's a kid with low self esteem, who may be enticed by someone who wants to befriend her."
<snip>
White House statistics show more than 14,500 victims are recruited, transported and sold in the US every year. 80 percent of them are female, and 70 of those women are for sex.
One official says it is probably one of the fastest growing international organizational crimes in the world.
more at the link http://www.cbs47.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=1FC31A35-712C-4D52-852E-F8B7CAD6DEAE
This is an excellent article. If you want a real eye opener to what is happening & how it is happening to these girls read this http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1596778&page=1
Teen Girls Tell Their Stories of Sex Trafficking and Exploitation in U.S.
The FBI estimates that well over 100,000 children and young women are trafficked in America today. They range in age from 9 to 19, with the average age being 11.
And many victims are no longer just runaways, or kids who've been abandoned. Many of them are from what would be considered "good" families, who are lured or coerced by clever predators, say experts.
more at the link posted above
