Grim Story of San Antonio Sex Trade
Thursday, 11 June 2009

By Michelle Mondo

San Antonio Express News

A 16-year-old girl's revelations have shed light on seedy sex trafficking on San Antonio's streets, where the young and the vulnerable can be easily manipulated into lives of prostitution and drugs, authorities say.

The girl's claims led authorities to arrest two sex-trafficking suspects Tuesday.

“They had an opportunity to take advantage of this little girl and they did,” said Ino Badillo, spokesman for the Bexar County Sheriff's Office.

Badillo said the girl, whom authorities are calling Angela, was lured into prostitution at age 11, soon after running away from home. For the next four years, she endured abuse and forced prostitution.

When she came to the attention of authorities in August 2008, Angela was addicted to heroin and tested positive for HIV and hepatitis C, Badillo said. It's unknown if she contracted the diseases through unprotected sex or shared needles.

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Man Arraigned in Oregon on Sex Trafficking Charges
Wednesday, 10 June 2009

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A man accused of bringing a 15-year-old girl from Seattle to Portland to engage in prostitution pleaded not guilty to charges of sex trafficking.

James A. Jackson was arrested in Texas last month following a grand jury indictment that alleges he obtained the services of the girl through threats of harm.

At today's initial court appearance in Portland, U.S. Magistrate Judge Dennis J. Hubel ordered the 37-year-old Jackson to remain in custody until a jury trial scheduled to begin Aug. 11.

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Local Home Serves as Haven to Former Prostitutes
Monday, 08 June 2009

By Caitlin O'Neil

The Lantern

When Abby was a senior in high school, she met a man named "Jerry" who promised her a career in modeling. After years with a foster family, he gave her the one thing she needed: attention.

"He told me everything I've always wanted to hear from everyone my whole life," Abby said. "He told me that I was beautiful."

Abby, now 22, later learned that for three years "Jerry" led her though a life of drugs, alcohol and sex trafficking - and she doesn't remember any of it. She is now living at a house near the University District for women with similar stories, called Rahab's Hideaway.

"Human trafficking involves using force, fraud or coercion to induce someone to conduct a commercial sex act or to perform labor. If the victim is under age 18, force, fraud, or coercion do not need to accompany the inducement for a commercial sex act," according to a 2007 report from RAND Corporation, a nonprofit research organization.

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Human Trafficking Escalates As World Economy Plunges
Saturday, 06 June 2009

By Judy Lin

UCLA Today

DRUG SMUGGLING may top the list of the world's most profitable and headline-grabbing illegal activities, but second to that — in a close tie with the illegal arms trade — is human trafficking, the recruitment or coercion of people who are held captive as laborers in everything from the sex industry to domestic servitude. More than 12 million people worldwide are currently victims, according to the United Nations' International Labor Organization. The $9 billion industry is the 21st century's fastest-growing criminal enterprise.
 
And some of it takes place right here in our own backyard, an audience attending a May 29 conference at Covel Commons on human trafficking found out. In fact, according to experts who provide victims with shelter and other services, human trafficking is on the rise because of the economic downturn.
 

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