I really wish that the media wasn't so anti sex work, so that everyone can learn about trafficking and HOW IT REALLY HAPPENS. The young girls who are smuggled around are almost always between the ages of 12-14. They are almost all never reported missing because their guardian knows damn well what's going on and typically have their own addictions and were also pimped too. Yes I'm aware of the recent case but what they failed to inform everyone is that those girls who were legal US citizens were not stolen as much as they were "given away" because some mothers etc no longer wanted to work and so the pimps bought them. that is how it REALLY happens. And it's considered trafficking because it's sensational when in all actuality it's more like a sex ring with minors being traded among pimps. That's what trafficking in the US honestly really is. it's absolutely no better but because LE doesn't release the true info - people often believe that every single missing persons case could be a sex trafficking situation. Hardly ever. Run aways get caught up with pimps or boyfriends who turn into pimps, that's true. It's not very true that someone is kidnapped and traded around. They prey on innocence and someone who will not be missed. / rant.
