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Grim Story of San Antonio Sex Trade |
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 |
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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 |
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Wednesday, 10 June 2009 |
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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 |
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Monday, 08 June 2009 |
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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 |
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Saturday, 06 June 2009 |
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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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