Human Trafficking
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- - A TRAFFICKER GAINS MONEY.
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- THE MORE CHILDREN THEY CAN HAVE WORKING FOR
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- THEM, THAT THEY CAN VICTIMIZE THAT'S MORE
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- MONEY FOR THEM.
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- - SO AFTER THE FIRST TIME I WAS SOLD, HE HAD A
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- COUPLE OF FRIENDS THERE.
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- DURING THIS OCCASION THEY BASICALLY FILMED ME
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- BEING RAPED.
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- - HE KEPT ME ISOLATED ALONE IN A
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- HOTEL ROOM.
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- HE HAD BUYERS COME TO ME.
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- - MEN AND WOMEN EXPLOIT BOYS AND GIRLS THROUGH
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- FORCE, FRAUD, OR COERCION FOR SEX EVERY DAY
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- IN AMERICA.
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- - KELLY WRIGHT: HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A GRAVE
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- VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE US
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- DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CALLS THE CRIME
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- A FORM OF MODERN-DAY SLAVERY. EVERY YEAR
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- MILLIONS OF MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN ARE
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- TRAFFICKED AROUND THE GLOBE INCLUDING RIGHT
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- HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
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- IT'S ESTIMATED THAT HUMAN TRAFFICKERS GENERATE
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- HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PROFIT EACH
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- YEAR SECOND ONLY TO DRUG TRAFFICKING AS THE MOST
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- LUCRATIVE FORM OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
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- UNFORTUNATELY THE CRIME OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS
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- FAR MORE PERVASIVE THAN MOST REALIZE.
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- VICTIMS WALK AMONG US EVERY DAY, AND IT'S LIKELY
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- HAPPENING RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR VERY EYES.
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- HUMAN TRAFFICKING HAPPENS IN ALL 50 STATES AND
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- MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE THE IMAGE YOU HAVE IN YOUR
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- MIND WHICH IS WHY AWARENESS AND PREVENTION
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- EDUCATION ARE SUCH CRITICAL STRATEGIES IN
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- THE FIGHT AGAINST HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
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- I'M KELLY WRIGHT.
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- TOGETHER WE'RE TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.
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- [MUSIC]
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- TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS ...
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- TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS ...
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- [MUSIC]
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- - MY FAMILY WHEN I WAS TEN YEARS OLD WAS
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- REALLY GREAT, VERY SUPPORTIVE.
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- THEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MY GRANDMOTHER LIVED IN WAS
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- PRETTY NORMAL.
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- VERY LIKE LEAVE IT TO BEAVER NEIGHBORHOOD.
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- WE RODE OUR BIKES AROUND ALL THE TIME.
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- THERE WERE ALWAYS KIDS PLAYING.
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- I FREQUENTLY WENT OVER TO MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE
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- BECAUSE SHE'S KIND OF LIKE A SECOND MOM TO ME,
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- AND SUDDENLY THERE WAS THIS YOUNG MAN I WAS
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- INTRODUCED TO THAT I DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME,
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- BUT COME TO FIND OUT SHE WAS TRYING TO HELP TAKE
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- CARE OF HIM.
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- AND SO HE'D COME OVER FOR FAMILY DINERS WITH US AND
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- JUST KIND OF WAS HANGING AROUND A LOT.
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- SO MY RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS YOUNG MAN STARTED
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- GROWING, AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, IT HAD GONE FROM
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- KIND OF A MORE PLAYFUL OR EVEN PROTECTIVE
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- RELATIONSHIP TO MORE SEXUAL, NOT BECAUSE I
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- WANTED IT TO BUT WE'D START PLAYING GAMES LIKE
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- WRESTLING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND IT WOULD
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- TURN INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
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- I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO FOR ONE.
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- I MEAN, I WAS TEN, BUT THE THINGS THAT HE WAS
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- TEACHING ME TO DO I THOUGHT AT THE TIME WAS
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- JUST FOR HIM.
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- BUT HE WAS GROOMING ME FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
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- THERE WAS NEVER A CONVERSATION.
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- I NEVER ACTUALLY KNEW THAT'S WHAT WAS
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- HAPPENING, BUT THE FIRST TIME HE SOLD ME IT WAS
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- KIND OF A STEP-BY-STEP THING.
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- FIRST HE HAD ME SNEAK OVER TO HIS HOUSE, AND HE
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- HAD ANOTHER RANDOM PERSON I'D NEVER MET THERE.
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- AND HE BASICALLY COMMANDED FOR ME TO DANCE
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- FOR HIM, LIKE HE HAD BEEN TEACHING ME.
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- AND IT WAS AT THAT TIME THAT HE OFFERED ME TO
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- THAT PERSON FOR $100.
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- AGAIN, I WAS LIKE TEN OR 11 AT THE TIME AND HIS
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- FRIEND GETS UP AND GOES THROUGH HIS BACK DRAWER
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- UP THE STAIRS, AND HE GRABBED MY HAND AND HE
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- LOOKED ME IN THE EYE AND HE SAID, YOU'LL DO
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- WHAT I SAY.
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- IF I TOLD ANYONE WHAT WAS GOING ON THAT HE WOULD DO
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- THE SAME THING TO MY YOUNGER SISTER.
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- HE JUST GUIDED ME TO HIS ROOM.
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- IT'S ALL KIND OF LIKE A BLUR AND WAS VERY SURREAL.
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- I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS EVEN IN MY BODY.
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- SO AFTER THE FIRST TIME THAT I WAS SOLD, HE HAD
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- ME COME OVER TO HIS HOUSE AGAIN, AND HE HAD A
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- COUPLE OF FRIENDS THERE.
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- DURING THIS OCCASION THEY BASICALLY FILMED ME
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- BEING RAPED.
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- AND THAT WAS EARLY 2000'S, KIND OF DAWN OF
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- INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY, AND I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT
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- THAT IS WHAT THEY USED TO ADVERTISE ME.
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- [SIRENS]
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- - IN A RECENT INTERVIEW THAT I WAS DOING WITH A
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- LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN WASHINGTON STATE, AND
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- WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THEIR STRATEGIES AND
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- TACTICS ON THE ONLINE CHANNELS, AND HE SHARED
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- WITH ME WHEN THEY DO THEIR STINGS ON ANY GIVEN
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- NIGHT THEY CAN BUST UP TO 8 ADULTS TRYING TO BUY
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- SEX WITH A CHILD.
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- THIS IS ONE COUNTY IN ONE STATE IN ONE NIGHT.
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- 8 PEOPLE, 8 ADULTS TRYING TO BUY SEX WITH A CHILD,
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- SO IF YOU TAKE A STEP BACK AND YOU LOOK AT A
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- BIGGER PICTURE, YOU LOOK AT IF THAT WAS OVER JUST
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- THE COURSE OF A WEEK, THAT'S 56 KIDS.
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- 56 KIDS ON ONE SITE BY ONE OFFICER.
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- THERE'S LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF THESE TYPES
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- OF WEBSITES.
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- - TRAFFICKERS ADVERTISE VICTIMS ON WEB SITES IN
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- MORE THAN 3.000 US COUNTIES.
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- SO I GOT INTO BEING AN ADVOCATE.
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- I ANSWERED A CALLING HAVING EXPERIENCED -- I WAS
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- TRAFFICKED BY A YOUNG PERSON AND I WANTED TO
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- ASSIGN MEANING TO ALL THAT, AND I BELIEVE I
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- ANSWERED A CALLING TO BE A VOICE FOR THESE
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- YOUNG PEOPLE.
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- - THE FBI ALSO HOPES TO DRAW PUBLIC ATTENTION TO
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- THE PROBLEM OF SEX TRAFFICKING THROUGH AN
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- ANNUAL STING OPERATION THEY CALL OPERATION
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- CROSS COUNTRY.
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- ANNUALLY MORE THAN 5.000 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
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- TAKE PART IN STING OPERATIONS IN AREAS
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- FREQUENTED BY PIMPS AND THEIR CUSTOMERS.
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- - WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OPERATION CROSS COUNTRY
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- OR THESE TYPES OF OPERATIONS THAT WE RUN,
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- THE PRIMARY GOAL IS REALLY TO RECOVER CHILDREN.
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- SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO ARREST THOSE WHO HAVE
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- EXPLOITED CHILDREN, BUT OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS
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- REALLY TO RECOVER CHILDREN AND THEN NOT
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- ONLY FROM THE RECOVERY STANDPOINT BUT PROVIDING
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- THEM VICTIM SERVICES TO GET THEM BACK HOME OR
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- BACK INTEGRATED INTO SOCIETY.
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- - PART OF THE VICTIM SPECIALIST APPROACH IS
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- BEING ON SCENE WITH THE AGENTS AND TASK FORCE
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- OFFICERS MAKING SURE WE HAVE THAT ONE-ON-ONE
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- CONTACT WITH THESE VICTIMS.
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- SO PART OF MY ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY IS MAKING
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- SURE THAT I FIRST AND FOR MOST PROVIDE REALLY GOOD
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- CRISIS INTERVENTION, THAT WE'RE PROVIDING NEEDS
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- ASSESSMENTS, KIND OF DOING PSYCHO SOCIAL
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- ASSESSMENTS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR
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- BACKGROUND IS.
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- ARE THEY RUNAWAYS?
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- DO THEY HAVE ANY KIND OF JUVENILE
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- DELINQUENCY HISTORY?
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- HOW CAN WE PROVIDE SOME GOOD SUPPORT FOR THEM TO
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- KEEP THEM OUT OF THAT LIFE SO THEY DON'T GO
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- BACK TO THAT.
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- - YOU'RE OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
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- YOU'RE NOT IN TROUBLE.
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- - MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT FOREIGN BORN THAT ARE
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- TRAFFICKED DOMESTICALLY IN THE UNITED STATES.
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- WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PREVALENCE OF OUR YOUNG
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- PEOPLE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE ON AMERICAN SOIL BE
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- TRAFFICKED WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.
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- - EXPERTS ESTIMATE 80% OF SEX TRAFFICKING
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- VICTIMS IN AMERICA ARE US CITIZENS.
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- - WE WORK 365 ON A DAILY BASIS RECOVERING THESE
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- HIGH RISK KIDS AND KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN
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- SEX TRAFFIC BEING JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE GETTING
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- THESE CASES THE BEST CARE WE CAN.
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- - AT THE TIME MOMENT YOU RECOVER THAT VICTIM, THE
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- MOMENT THAT YOU GET THAT VICTIM STARTED INTO
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- SOCIAL SERVICES AND MAYBE IDENTIFYING SOME OF THOSE
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- NEEDS THAT VICTIM MAY HAVE BECAUSE THE VICTIM
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- MAY HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THEIR FAMILY FOR A
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- NUMBER OF YEARS.
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- THEY MAY BE HOMELESS, SO WHEN YOU RECOVER THAT
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- VICTIM, THAT STARTS THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT
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- PERSON BACK ON TRAFFIC.
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- SO FOR ME AND FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK THIS
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- VIOLATION FIND THIS VERY GRATIFYING BECAUSE WE'RE
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- HAVING AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT, BUT WHAT I
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- UNDERSTAND AND WHAT THE MEN AND QUICK WHO WORK
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- THIS VIOLATION UNDERSTAND IS THAT THERE ARE MANY
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- MORE VICTIMS WE NEED TO REACH.
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- - FEDERAL LAW MAKES IT CLEAR THAT ANY CHILD
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- UNDER 18 WHO IS SOLD FOR SEX IS BY DEFINITION A
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- VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING.
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- HOWEVER, SURVIVORS ARE OFTEN ARRESTED FOR THE
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- CRIME THEY WERE FORCED TO COMMIT BY
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- THEIR TRAFFICKERS.
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- SO NOT ONLY IS THE VICTIM GIVEN A DAMAGING CRIMINAL
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- RECORD, THE FAILURE TO INVESTIGATE CRIMINALS IN
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- A CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING CASE LEAVES ABUSERS ON
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- THE STREET.
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- - THERE ARE 26 STATES THAT STILL CRIMINALIZE A
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- CHILD FOR THE CRIME OF PROSTITUTION DESPITE
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- THE FACT THAT IS THE VERY SAME CONDUCT THAT MAKES
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- THEM A VICTIM OF TRAFFICKING.
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- WE HAVE KIDS WHO ARE TRAUMATIZED AND NEED
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- SERVICES, AND INSTEAD THEY'RE OFTEN BEING
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- DRAFTED INTO ADVERSARIAL PROCESSES.
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- THEY'RE GETTING THE MESSAGE THAT THEY'RE
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- SOMEHOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN VICTIMIZATION.
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- IT'S A VERY TROUBLING DISCONNECT.
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- THE PROTECTED INNOCENCE CHALLENGE IS A PROJECT
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- WHERE WE ANALYZE THE LAWS IN ALL 50 STATES AND THE
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- DISTRICT OF COLOMBIA, AND WE ASSESS THE STRENGTH OF
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- THOSE LAWS USING A 41 COMPONENT FRAMEWORK.
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- WE ISSUE A REPORT CARD AND GRADE FOR EVERY STATE.
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- THE STRENGTH OF THEIR LAWS TO COMBAT
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- CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING.
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- SO IT IS MEANT TO BE A TOOL FOR LEGISLATORS,
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- A TOOL FOR ADVOCATES, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO MAKE
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- SURE THAT THEIR STATE HAS A STRONG LEGAL FRAMEWORK
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- FOR PROTECTING CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING.
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- SINCE WE STARTED IN 2011, WE'VE SEEN MORE AND MORE
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- STATES ACTUALLY CHANGE THE LAW TO RECOGNIZE THAT
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- IF YOU'RE BUYING SEX WITH A CHILD, THAT'S NOT
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- PROSTITUTION BUT THAT ESSENTIALLY, IT'S PAYING
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- FOR THE CHILD, AND THAT IS A SERIOUS CRIME.
- 00:10:17.040 --> 00:10:21.210
- - IN A MOMENT ON TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS, AN
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- ANONYMOUS GUEST SHARES HOW SHE WAS TRICKED INTO
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- TRAFFICKING BY A PERSON POSING AS A MODELING AGENT.
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- - NARRATOR: HER STORY BEGINS LIKE ANY OTHER.
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- SHE DESIRES RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE SAFE,
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- SUPPORTIVE, AFFECTIONATE.
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- BUT WHAT SHE TOOK FOR LOVE TURNED MANIPULATIVE,
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- VIOLENT, CONTROLLING, ISOLATING,
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- LOST INTO A WORLD OF TRAFFICKING.
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- BECAUSE BUYERS PAY TRAFFICKERS TO SUPPLY
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- YOUNGER AND YOUNGER CHILDREN.
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- AND SHE'S WAITING FOR YOU TO NOTICE.
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- SHE'S NOT IN CLASS.
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- SHE'S NOT SAFE IN BED.
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- SHE'S NOT SCORING THE GOAL.
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- SHE IS BEING BOUGHT AND SOLD FOR SEX.
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- BUT WOULD YOU KNOW IT IF YOU SAW IT?
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- SHARED HOPE INTERNATIONAL AIMS TO REVERSE THIS CYCLE.
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- WE EDUCATE ON SIGNS OF TRAFFICKING,
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- TRAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT,
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- ADVOCATE FOR STRONGER LAWS,
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- OFFER SHELTER AND SERVICES,
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- ALL TO STOP THE EXPLOITATION ONCE AND FOR ALL.
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- SO SHE IS IN CLASS, IS SCORING THE GOAL,
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- IS SAFE IN BED.
- 00:12:06.270 --> 00:12:10.200
- PRETTY SIMPLE.
- 00:12:10.220 --> 00:12:12.200
- [MUSIC]
- 00:12:12.220 --> 00:12:17.280
- - AT THE AGE OF 14, I MET A MAN WHO WAS JUST
- 00:12:20.170 --> 00:12:25.190
- OFFERING A PARTY AT THE TIME.
- 00:12:25.210 --> 00:12:27.130
- I WENT ALONG WITH HIM TO THIS PARTY.
- 00:12:27.150 --> 00:12:31.030
- OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SIX WEEKS, HE KEPT
- 00:12:31.050 --> 00:12:33.230
- ME ISOLATED AWAY, ALONE IN A HOTEL ROOM.
- 00:12:33.250 --> 00:12:38.210
- HE HAD BUYERS COME TO ME AND HE COLLECTED THE
- 00:12:38.230 --> 00:12:44.280
- MONEY, OR HE PERSONALLY DROVE ME TO BUYERS WHERE
- 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:49.070
- HE WOULD COLLECT THE MONEY AND THEN
- 00:12:49.090 --> 00:12:51.100
- I WOULD PERFORM THE SERVICE AND LEAVE.
- 00:12:51.120 --> 00:12:56.240
- - BECAUSE OF THE HIDDEN NATURE OF THE CRIME,
- 00:12:56.260 --> 00:12:59.050
- IT IS ESSENTIALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW HOW MANY VICTIMS
- 00:12:59.070 --> 00:13:02.180
- OF SEX TRAFFICKING THERE ARE HERE
- 00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:04.220
- IN THE UNITED STATES.
- 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:06.240
- HOWEVER, MANY EXPERTS BELIEVE THE NUMBER IS
- 00:13:06.260 --> 00:13:09.060
- IN EXCESS OF 100.000.
- 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:12.070
- AND THE AVERAGE AGE OF ENTRY TO SEX TRAFFICKING,
- 00:13:12.090 --> 00:13:15.040
- WELL IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE 12 TO 14 YEARS OLD.
- 00:13:15.060 --> 00:13:20.000
- THESE NUMBERS OFTEN SPARK PUBLIC DEBATE, BUT
- 00:13:20.020 --> 00:13:22.170
- WHETHER IT'S 12 YEARS OLD, 17 OR 19, THE ISSUE
- 00:13:22.190 --> 00:13:26.060
- STILL REMAINS: EVERY DAY VIOLENCE IS BEING DONE TO
- 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:30.280
- AMERICA'S YOUTH THROUGH SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN
- 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:34.040
- EVERY SINGLE STATE.
- 00:13:34.060 --> 00:13:37.240
- - I THINK WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IS TO THINK
- 00:13:37.260 --> 00:13:40.250
- ABOUT WHY IS THAT THE MOST COMMONLY WANTED
- 00:13:40.270 --> 00:13:45.130
- AGE RANGE OF BUYERS.
- 00:13:45.150 --> 00:13:49.030
- WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT KIND OF DEMAND IF BUYERS
- 00:13:49.050 --> 00:13:51.270
- WEREN'T LOOKING TO PURCHASE CHILDREN OF THAT AGE.
- 00:13:51.290 --> 00:13:56.170
- - OFTENTIMES A TRAFFICKER WHO IS USUALLY
- 00:14:20.180 --> 00:14:23.050
- MUCH OLDER THAN THE CHILD, WILL LURE THE
- 00:14:23.070 --> 00:14:26.170
- CHILD IN BY PRETENDING TO BE THEIR BOYFRIEND OR
- 00:14:26.190 --> 00:14:29.030
- SOMEONE WHO LOVES THEM AND SOMEONE WHO WILL
- 00:14:29.050 --> 00:14:30.150
- TAKE CARE OF THEM.
- 00:14:30.170 --> 00:14:32.030
- - BECAUSE OF THE TACTICS THAT A TRAFFICKER MAY USE
- 00:14:48.210 --> 00:14:51.040
- TO LURE A VICTIM, THAT YOUTH MAY NOT EVEN KNOW
- 00:14:51.060 --> 00:14:53.280
- THAT THEY'RE BEING TRAFFICKED, SO WHY WOULD
- 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:55.230
- THEY THEN REPORT THAT IF THEY DON'T THINK THAT
- 00:14:55.250 --> 00:14:58.280
- THEY'RE BEING VICTIMIZED.
- 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:00.290
- - A TRAFFICKER DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE CHILD,
- 00:15:16.040 --> 00:15:19.140
- IT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE VICTIMS.
- 00:15:19.160 --> 00:15:21.170
- THE TRAFFICKER CARES ABOUT MONEY.
- 00:15:21.190 --> 00:15:23.270
- THERE'S NO LENGTH THAT THEY WON'T GO TO BE
- 00:15:23.290 --> 00:15:26.120
- ABLE TO REACH A CHILD, TO GET THEM TO DO
- 00:15:26.140 --> 00:15:29.100
- WHAT THEY WANT THEM TO DO.
- 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:32.140
- - A CHILD IS NOT BENEFITING FROM THE
- 00:15:45.150 --> 00:15:47.120
- SITUATION AT ALL.
- 00:15:47.140 --> 00:15:48.280
- THEY ARE LITERALLY FORCED TO HAVE SEX AND ARE BEING
- 00:15:49.000 --> 00:15:51.080
- RAPED TIME AND TIME AGAIN AT THE BENEFIT
- 00:15:51.100 --> 00:15:53.070
- OF THE TRAFFICKER.
- 00:15:53.090 --> 00:15:55.070
- - A GIRL BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12 TO 16 HAVE
- 00:16:03.090 --> 00:16:06.100
- BEEN KNOWN TO HAVE SEVEN TO TEN BUYERS A NIGHT.
- 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:12.070
- THE AVERAGE PURCHASE OF HER BODY IN EACH
- 00:16:12.090 --> 00:16:17.030
- TRANSACTION COULD BE UPWARDS OF $300 DOLLARS.
- 00:16:17.050 --> 00:16:21.020
- - THE AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IS REPORTED TO BE SEVEN
- 00:16:40.040 --> 00:16:41.200
- YEARS FOR A YOUNG PERSON BEING TRAFFICKED IF NOT
- 00:16:41.220 --> 00:16:44.010
- IDENTIFIED AND CONNECTED WITH SERVICES.
- 00:16:44.030 --> 00:16:46.240
- THERE'S MURDER BY THE TRAFFICKER, THERE'S
- 00:16:46.260 --> 00:16:48.260
- SUICIDE, DRUG OVERDOSE.
- 00:16:48.280 --> 00:16:50.240
- - IF YOU ENTER AT 13 AND YOUR LIFE SPAN ON AVERAGE
- 00:16:50.260 --> 00:16:55.080
- IS SEVEN YEARS, SOME OF THESE KIDS ARE GONNA BE
- 00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:58.160
- LUCKY TO HIT 21.
- 00:16:58.180 --> 00:17:01.040
- THEY WILL DIE BEFORE THEY ARE EVEN A LEGAL ADULT.
- 00:17:01.060 --> 00:17:05.090
- - WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT
- 00:17:09.150 --> 00:17:11.100
- INDUSTRIES THAT BENEFIT FROM IT, THE STRIP CLUBS,
- 00:17:11.120 --> 00:17:15.090
- THE PORNOGRAPHY INDUSTRY, THE ESCORT SERVICES,
- 00:17:15.110 --> 00:17:19.110
- MASSAGE PARLORS, THE PHONE SEX LINE, THAT'S
- 00:17:19.130 --> 00:17:22.140
- WHAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE
- 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:24.160
- WHEN PEOPLE THINK OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING,
- 00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:25.260
- THEY THINK THEY SAW THE MOVIE TAKEN.
- 00:17:25.280 --> 00:17:28.270
- - WE LOOK AT UNITED STATES WHICH IS A LEADER
- 00:17:28.290 --> 00:17:31.170
- IN MANY ECONOMIC WAYS WORLDWIDE.
- 00:17:31.190 --> 00:17:33.200
- WE LEAD IN TECHNOLOGY, WE LEAD IN ARMED FORCES,
- 00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:38.210
- WE LEAD IN SCIENCE.
- 00:17:38.230 --> 00:17:42.130
- WE ALSO ARE THE WORLDS LARGEST PRODUCER
- 00:17:42.150 --> 00:17:44.230
- OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
- 00:17:44.250 --> 00:17:46.210
- - IN OUR COUNTRY, PORNOGRAPHY IS SUCH AN
- 00:17:46.230 --> 00:17:49.190
- EPIDEMIC THAT PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITH AND
- 00:17:49.210 --> 00:17:52.100
- PEOPLE THINK IT'S SO EASY, RIGHT?
- 00:17:52.120 --> 00:17:53.250
- YOU CLICK THE BUTTON, YOU BUY A VIDEO, YOU BUY A
- 00:17:53.270 --> 00:17:56.000
- PICTURE AND YOU THINK IT'S A VICTIMLESS CRIME.
- 00:17:56.020 --> 00:17:58.240
- YOU DON'T SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THAT PERSON
- 00:17:58.260 --> 00:18:02.090
- ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT PICTURE AND THE OTHER
- 00:18:02.110 --> 00:18:04.230
- SIDE OF THE VIDEO, AND IT'S HEARTBREAKING
- 00:18:04.250 --> 00:18:06.280
- BECAUSE WE GET TO SEE THAT PAIN.
- 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:08.230
- WE GET TO SEE THAT ABUSE ON A DAILY--
- 00:18:08.250 --> 00:18:11.270
- SORRY.
- 00:18:11.290 --> 00:18:17.070
- WE GET TO SEE THAT EVERY DAY, AND THAT'S WHY THEIR
- 00:18:17.090 --> 00:18:20.010
- CHILDHOOD WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM BECAUSE THEY
- 00:18:20.030 --> 00:18:23.070
- DIDN'T GET TO BE OUTSIDE AND JUST PLAY AND
- 00:18:23.090 --> 00:18:25.000
- BE A REGULAR TEENAGER.
- 00:18:25.020 --> 00:18:26.240
- AND I DON'T THINK ANY CHILD SHOULD
- 00:18:26.260 --> 00:18:27.290
- HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT.
- 00:18:28.010 --> 00:18:29.280
- - WHEREVER YOU SEE MASSAGE PARLOR, WHEREVER
- 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:31.200
- YOU SEE A JAPANESE SAUNA, WHEREVER YOU SEE AN
- 00:18:31.220 --> 00:18:33.110
- ESCORT SERVICE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HUMAN
- 00:18:33.130 --> 00:18:37.140
- TRAFFICKING ESPECIALLY SEX TRAFFICKING.
- 00:18:37.160 --> 00:18:39.210
- AS A CHILD, WHEN WE WERE TRAFFICKED ALL THROUGH
- 00:18:39.230 --> 00:18:43.120
- NEW YORK, L.A. AND LAS VEGAS,
- 00:18:43.140 --> 00:18:45.130
- THE TRAFFICKER OWNED AN ESCORT SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS,
- 00:18:45.150 --> 00:18:49.080
- AND WE WERE KIDS, AND THAT WAS THE DISGUISE.
- 00:18:49.100 --> 00:18:52.160
- SO WHEN THEY WOULD WALK US THROUGH THESE MASSIVE
- 00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:54.260
- RESORTS AND HOTELS, MANY INDIVIDUALS IN THE
- 00:18:54.280 --> 00:18:58.230
- EXECUTIVE, I GUESS IF YOU WANT TO SAY STAFF, OF
- 00:18:58.250 --> 00:19:03.060
- THAT RESORT OR HOTEL KNEW THAT WE WERE KIDS, BUT
- 00:19:03.080 --> 00:19:06.090
- THEY ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN.
- 00:19:06.110 --> 00:19:09.040
- I CAME FROM A REALLY GOOD FAMILY, WAS A STRAIGHT
- 00:19:09.060 --> 00:19:12.060
- 'A' STUDENT, PLAYED SPORTS, FIRST GIRL IN
- 00:19:12.080 --> 00:19:13.230
- CALIFORNIA TO BE IN LITTLE LEAGUE.
- 00:19:13.250 --> 00:19:15.230
- I WAS A SCIENCE GEEK, MOTHER WAS A SCHOLAR.
- 00:19:15.250 --> 00:19:19.170
- AND SO WITHOUT GOING INTO IT, THE IDEA THAT ANY
- 00:19:19.190 --> 00:19:22.170
- YOUTH TODAY CAN BECOME A VICTIM OF HUMAN
- 00:19:22.190 --> 00:19:27.100
- TRAFFICKING WHEN THEY'RE NOT EVEN LOOKING FOR IT
- 00:19:27.120 --> 00:19:29.070
- SIMPLY BECAUSE CHILDREN ARE EXTREMELY AND PROFOUNDLY
- 00:19:29.090 --> 00:19:31.110
- VULNERABLE IN THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.
- 00:19:31.130 --> 00:19:33.250
- - I THINK A VERY COMMON MISCONCEPTION IS THAT
- 00:19:36.040 --> 00:19:38.140
- TRAFFICKING IS ONLY A VAN WITH NO WINDOWS FULL OF
- 00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:43.270
- GIRLS FROM GUATEMALA THAT ARE BEING DRIVEN
- 00:19:43.290 --> 00:19:46.030
- ACROSS THE BORDER.
- 00:19:46.050 --> 00:19:47.220
- TRAFFICKING TAKES PLACE EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THE
- 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:50.170
- UNITED STATES IN MY COMMUNITY,
- 00:19:50.190 --> 00:19:52.030
- IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
- 00:19:52.050 --> 00:19:55.110
- A TRAFFICKER GAINS MONEY, THE MORE CHILDREN THAT
- 00:19:55.130 --> 00:19:58.240
- THEY CAN HAVE WORKING FOR THEM, THAT THEY CAN
- 00:19:58.260 --> 00:20:00.180
- VICTIMIZE, THAT'S MORE MONEY FOR THEM.
- 00:20:00.200 --> 00:20:03.250
- AND I'VE OFTEN HEARD THE YOUNGER THAT A CHILD IS,
- 00:20:03.270 --> 00:20:06.280
- THE MORE MONEY THAT A TRAFFICKER CAN MAKE, SO
- 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:10.010
- THEY ARE GAINING MONEY.
- 00:20:10.030 --> 00:20:12.200
- - AND YOUR THUMB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- 00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:15.210
- - IT IS SOMEONE THAT IS PRETENDING TO BE A 14
- 00:20:15.230 --> 00:20:18.100
- YEAR-OLD BOY THAT IS COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR
- 00:20:18.120 --> 00:20:20.210
- DAUGHTER AT HOME, AND TRYING TO LURE THAT
- 00:20:20.230 --> 00:20:22.260
- PERSON TO MEET THEM.
- 00:20:22.280 --> 00:20:26.150
- IT IS YOUR NEIGHBOR THAT IS GOING ONLINE ACTIVELY
- 00:20:26.170 --> 00:20:30.020
- SEEKING YOUNG GIRLS AND BOYS.
- 00:20:30.040 --> 00:20:33.260
- IT IS MUCH MORE PREVALENT THAN PEOPLE KNOW, AND
- 00:20:33.280 --> 00:20:36.120
- PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT IT'S STILL A
- 00:20:36.140 --> 00:20:38.150
- TABU TOPIC THAT IS NOT DISCUSSED.
- 00:20:38.170 --> 00:20:41.240
- THERE IS NOT A SINGLE COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT
- 00:20:43.170 --> 00:20:45.140
- IMPACTED BY HUMAN TRAFFICKING FROM MY
- 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:47.180
- VANTAGE POINT.
- 00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:49.030
- THIS IS AN EPIDEMIC THAT CROSSES ALL CITIES.
- 00:20:49.050 --> 00:20:53.130
- IT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE.
- 00:20:53.150 --> 00:20:56.000
- - BOYFRIENDING, LOVER BOY OR THE ROMEO
- 00:20:56.020 --> 00:20:59.010
- TECHNIQUE IS ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENTLY USED
- 00:20:59.030 --> 00:21:01.260
- METHODS OF COERCION THAT TRAFFICKERS USE.
- 00:21:01.280 --> 00:21:05.210
- YOU SEE, DURING THE RECRUITMENT PHASE, A
- 00:21:05.230 --> 00:21:07.160
- TRAFFICKER SHOWERS A VULNERABLE INDIVIDUAL
- 00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:10.120
- WITH AFFECTION AND GIFTS, PAINTS A ROMANTIC DREAM
- 00:21:10.140 --> 00:21:13.220
- OF A BEAUTIFUL LIFE TOGETHER, ONLY TO LATER
- 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:16.200
- EXPLOIT THE ONLY FORM OF CURRENCY THE INDIVIDUAL
- 00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:19.030
- HAS, THEIR BODY.
- 00:21:19.050 --> 00:21:23.260
- - PEOPLE OFTEN ASK WHY VICTIMS DON'T LEAVE, OR
- 00:21:23.280 --> 00:21:26.020
- WHY THEY DON'T ESCAPE?
- 00:21:26.040 --> 00:21:27.280
- BUT THE REAL QUESTION SHOULD BE, WHY DID THEY STAY?
- 00:21:28.000 --> 00:21:30.130
- AND THAT'S A MUCH MORE COMPLICATED ANSWER.
- 00:21:30.150 --> 00:21:33.100
- - A CHILD WOULD DO ANYTHING TO BE LOVED,
- 00:21:33.120 --> 00:21:36.290
- ANYTHING, AND HERE COMES A TRAFFICKER.
- 00:21:37.010 --> 00:21:39.260
- I WILL LOVE YOU, I WILL FEED YOU, I'LL TAKE CARE
- 00:21:39.280 --> 00:21:43.070
- OF YOU. WE'LL HAVE MONEY. WE'LL TRAVEL THE WORLD.
- 00:21:43.090 --> 00:21:45.060
- WE'LL HAVE CLOTHES.
- 00:21:45.080 --> 00:21:47.160
- - THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT THEY CAN MEET.
- 00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:49.240
- IT COULD BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
- 00:21:49.260 --> 00:21:51.050
- [NOTIFICATION SOUNDS]
- 00:21:51.070 --> 00:21:53.080
- HE MIGHT FIND A PICTURE ON INSTAGRAM AND THINK,
- 00:21:53.100 --> 00:21:55.030
- OH, SHE'S CUTE.
- 00:21:55.050 --> 00:21:56.150
- SHE LOOKS VULNERABLE.
- 00:21:56.170 --> 00:21:58.000
- MAYBE SHE LOOKS INSECURE, OR MAYBE SHE'S VERY
- 00:21:58.020 --> 00:22:00.050
- HUNGRY AND NEEDY FOR ATTENTION OR AFFIRMATION.
- 00:22:00.070 --> 00:22:03.010
- HE'S GOING TO ESTABLISH AN INITIAL CONVERSATION
- 00:22:03.030 --> 00:22:05.190
- WHERE HE'S A SAFE PERSON THAT SHE CAN TRUST.
- 00:22:05.210 --> 00:22:09.150
- LITTLE BY LITTLE BY LITTLE, THEY START
- 00:22:09.170 --> 00:22:11.170
- TALKING, TEXTING, SEEING EACH OTHER.
- 00:22:11.190 --> 00:22:14.030
- THEN HE'S GOING TO CONFESS THAT HE HAS
- 00:22:14.050 --> 00:22:16.150
- FEELINGS FOR HER, BUT BECAUSE HE'S PROBABLY
- 00:22:16.170 --> 00:22:18.250
- OLDER THAN HER, THE REST OF THE WORLD IS NOT GOING
- 00:22:18.270 --> 00:22:21.160
- TO UNDERSTAND THEIR LOVE.
- 00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:23.190
- - AND IF ALL ELSE FAILS, HE ALSO, OR SHE ALSO,
- 00:22:23.210 --> 00:22:25.180
- GETS YOU ADDICTED TO DRUGS.
- 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:27.120
- THEY SHOT ME UP WITH HEROIN.
- 00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:29.280
- YOU BECOME ADDICTED, NOT BECAUSE YOU PURSUE DRUGS,
- 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:32.210
- BUT BECAUSE YOUR YOUNG BODY WAS GIVEN A NARCOTIC.
- 00:22:32.230 --> 00:22:36.190
- - THAT'S ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT PIMPS USE TO
- 00:22:36.210 --> 00:22:40.200
- KEEP THESE GIRLS UNDER CONTROL AND KEEP THEM IN
- 00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:43.180
- THE WORKING STATUS. THEY NEEDS THE DRUGS.
- 00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:46.270
- THEY NEEDS THE MONEY TO GET THE DRUGS, SO THAT'S
- 00:22:46.290 --> 00:22:49.170
- A BIG KEY FACTOR IN THEIR CONTROL OVER THESE GIRLS.
- 00:22:49.190 --> 00:22:54.190
- - OF COURSE FEARING FOR THEIR LIVES, AND THEY'RE
- 00:22:54.210 --> 00:22:56.240
- JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE EVERY DAY, AND
- 00:22:56.260 --> 00:22:58.180
- THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE. WHY DO THEY STAY?
- 00:22:58.200 --> 00:23:01.010
- THEY STAY BECAUSE THEY'RE HOLDING OUT FOR WHAT THE
- 00:23:01.030 --> 00:23:02.270
- TRAFFICKER PROMISED THEM.
- 00:23:02.290 --> 00:23:04.260
- THEY'RE HOLDING OUT THE HOPES THAT THIS PERSON,
- 00:23:04.280 --> 00:23:07.060
- WHO HAS BEEN ABUSING AND EXPLOITING THEM, WILL BE
- 00:23:07.080 --> 00:23:09.180
- NICE TO THEM AND WILL CARE FOR THEM AGAIN AND
- 00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:13.240
- SHOWER THEM WITH THE LOVE AND THE AFFECTION THAT
- 00:23:13.260 --> 00:23:15.210
- THEY HAD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE RELATIONSHIP.
- 00:23:15.230 --> 00:23:17.180
- THEY'RE HOLDING OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE LOYAL TO
- 00:23:17.200 --> 00:23:19.170
- THIS PERSON WHO WAS LOYAL TO THEM INITIALLY.
- 00:23:19.190 --> 00:23:22.150
- - SO THE TRAFFICKER, THIS GIRL IS JUST A
- 00:23:22.170 --> 00:23:24.100
- PAYCHECK, A PRODUCT, SOMETHING HE JUST
- 00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:25.290
- WANTS TO SELL.
- 00:23:26.010 --> 00:23:27.170
- BUT TO THAT YOUNG GIRL WHO'S 13 YEARS OLD, THIS
- 00:23:27.190 --> 00:23:29.240
- IS THE FIRST LOVE OF HER LIFE, AND SHE
- 00:23:29.260 --> 00:23:31.280
- LEGITIMATELY BELIEVES THAT THEY ARE A REAL COUPLE.
- 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:37.020
- - WHEN A VICTIM IS IN BONDAGE TO HER
- 00:23:37.040 --> 00:23:39.130
- TRAFFICKER, AT FIRST, IT'S VERY PAINFUL AND VERY SCARY.
- 00:23:39.150 --> 00:23:42.190
- BUT OVER TIME, WITH STOCKHOLM SYNDROME AND
- 00:23:42.210 --> 00:23:45.060
- TRAUMA BONDING AND NEGATIVE BONDING, IT
- 00:23:45.080 --> 00:23:47.010
- BECOMES NORMALIZED.
- 00:23:47.030 --> 00:23:48.190
- AND EVEN WHEN YOU'RE PULLED OUT OF THAT
- 00:23:48.210 --> 00:23:50.120
- SITUATION, YOU'RE COMPELLED TO GO BACK
- 00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:52.000
- BECAUSE IT IS A TIGHT ROPE AGAINST FEEDING AND
- 00:23:52.020 --> 00:23:55.100
- LOVE AND AFFECTION AND RAPE AND FEEDING AND LOVE
- 00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:57.230
- AND AFFECTION AND RAPE.
- 00:23:57.260 --> 00:23:59.250
- AND YOU WAKE UP ONE DAY, YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO YOU
- 00:23:59.270 --> 00:24:01.210
- ARE. YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO GO.
- 00:24:01.230 --> 00:24:05.100
- - AT 14, YOUR BRAIN SHOULD BE DEVELOPING
- 00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:07.290
- CERTAIN THINGS, AND IT'S NOT IF IT'S BEING CAUSED
- 00:24:08.010 --> 00:24:13.100
- TO SURVIVE, RIGHT?
- 00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:15.080
- MY BRAIN, INSTEAD OF DEVELOPING SOME THING,
- 00:24:15.100 --> 00:24:18.290
- INSTEAD FIGURED OUT HOW TO BLACKOUT EVENTS.
- 00:24:19.010 --> 00:24:24.200
- I HONESTLY CANNOT REMEMBER THE FACE OF ANY
- 00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:28.140
- BUYER THAT EVER PURCHASED MY BODY,
- 00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:33.060
- AND I WOULD NEVER WANT TO REMEMBER.
- 00:24:33.080 --> 00:24:37.010
- - ANNOUNCER: EVERY DAY, MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN ARE
- 00:24:37.030 --> 00:24:40.090
- TRAFFICKED IN THE UNITED STATES, AND IT CAN HAPPEN
- 00:24:40.110 --> 00:24:42.200
- TO ANYONE, NO MATTER THEIR AGE, RACE OR GENDER.
- 00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:46.140
- IT IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE, WHICH PLAGUES
- 00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:49.020
- NEARLY EVERY COMMUNITY IN OUR COUNTRY.
- 00:24:49.040 --> 00:24:51.070
- BECAUSE HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A HIDDEN CRIME,
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- VICTIMS MIGHT BE AFRAID TO COME FORWARD, OR WE
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- MAY NOT RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS EVEN IF IT'S
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- HAPPENING RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
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- WHILE THE CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS TO HUMAN
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- TRAFFICKING ARE COMPLEX, THERE IS MUCH THAT AN
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- INDIVIDUAL CAN DO TO HELP.
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- NO MATTER WHAT YOUR SKILLS, INTERESTS, AGE OR
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- RESOURCES, THERE ARE WAYS YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
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- TO HELP BRING THIS CRIME OUT OF SHADOWS.
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- HOPE FOR JUSTICE EXISTS TO BRING AN END TO HUMAN
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- TRAFFICKING BY PREVENTING EXPLOITATION, RESCUING
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- VICTIMS AND RESTORING LIVES AND REFORMING SOCIETY.
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- TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN HELP, CALL:
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- OR GO TO OUR WEB SITE:
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- - THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS COMPLEX
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- AND OFTEN OVERWHELMING.
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- IT CAN FEEL LIKE A HOPELESS REALITY, SO WE
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- TOOK THE TIME TO ASK A FEW OF OUR GUESTS WHAT
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- ACTION STEPS WE MIGHT TAKE TO HELP PLAY A ROLE
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- IN THE PREVENTION OF TRAFFICKING.
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- THEIR COLLECTIVE MESSAGE WAS PRETTY STATE FORWARD.
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- - SO WHILE REDUCING AND ADDRESSING DEMAND IS
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- HUGELY IMPORTANT, WE'VE GOT TO START EMPOWERING
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- THE SUPPLY, EMPOWERING THE KIDS WITH EDUCATION
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- AND RESOURCES BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO IT ALL.
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- THE KIDS HAVE SUCH A CRITICAL PART IN ALL OF THIS.
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- - IF WE COULD EQUIP OUR CHURCHES, OUR SCHOOLS, TO
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- BE A PART OF THIS ANSWER, WITHIN A GENERATION, WE
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- COULD ERADICATE THIS ISSUE.
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- - I IMAGINE THAT THERE'S A RIVER, AND THAT IN THAT
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- RIVER IS OUR YOUTH IN AMERICA.
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- AND I HAVE A JOB WHERE I'M KIND OF AT THE BOTTOM
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- OF THE RIVER, AND I'M CONSTANTLY PICKING YOUTH
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- OUT WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN VICTIMIZED.
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- WHAT I SEE PREVENTION EDUCATION AS BEING IS
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- THIS DAM UP HERE AT THE TOP OF THE RIVER WHERE
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- WE'RE CREATING A BARRIER OF SAFETY WHERE THE
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- VICTIMS CAN'T GET THROUGH.
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- IF THIS BARRIER OF PREVENTION EDUCATION
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- CREATES LESS VICTIMS FOR ME TO BE PULLING OUT OF
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- THE RIVER, AND IN 50 YEARS, I DON'T HAVE A
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- JOB, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
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- - PARENTS HAVE THE POWER TO GO TO THEIR CHURCHES,
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- TO GO THIS THEIR SCHOOLS AND SAY, LET'S DO
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- SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
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- LET'S HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CHILDREN.
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- LET'S TRAIN OUR PROFESSORS, OUR
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- TEACHERS SO THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO IDENTIFY IF A
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- CHILD IN SCHOOL IS HAVING ISSUES, OR THEY NOTICE
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- SOME INDICATORS.
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- - FIND SOME WAY TO BRING SOMEONE INTO YOUR
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- COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S A SURVIVOR OR AN
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- ORGANIZATION.
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- THERE'S SO MANY GREAT ONES OUT THERE.
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- - MANY TIMES, WHETHER IT'S A SCHOOL LEADER OR A
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- FAITH LEADER, THEY'RE WAITING FOR -- MANY
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- TIMES, THE ACTION IS GOING TO COME FROM A
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- MEMBER OF THAT CONGREGATION.
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- IT'S GOING TO COME FROM A MEMBER OF THE PTA.
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- IT'S GOING TO COME FROM A PARENT, A CONCERNED PARENT.
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- YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE THE ONE TO
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- ADVOCATE FOR THIS.
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- IF IT'S NOT YOU THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ONE TO
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- RAISE THIS ISSUE TO YOUR PASTOR OR TO YOUR
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- PRINCIPAL, THEN WHO?
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- - UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS
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- THE FIRST STEP IN STOPPING THE INJUSTICE.
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- CONSIDER WHAT OUR GUESTS HAVE JUST SHARED
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- AS A CHALLENGE.
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- WHETHER IT'S TAKING THE ISSUE TO YOUR NEXT PTA
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- MEETING, MEETING WITH YOUR CHILD'S PRINCIPAL OR
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- REACHING OUT TO THE PASTOR OF YOUR CHURCH,
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- FIND A WAY TO BRING EDUCATORS INTO YOUR
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- CONTEXT FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR
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- COMMUNITY, BECAUSE IF NOT YOU, THEN WHO?
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- TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS...
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