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    In Chains; The Dangerous World of Human Trafficking
    In Chains; The Dangerous World of Human Trafficking
    In Chains; The Dangerous World of Human Trafficking
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    In Chains; The Dangerous World of Human Trafficking

    By Alan R. Warren

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    Human trafficking is the trade of people for forced labor or sex. It also includes the illegal extraction of human organs and tissues. And it is an extremely ruthless and dangerous industry plaguing our world today.


    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlan R Warren
    Release dateJun 24, 2020
    ISBN9781777259419
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      In Chains; The Dangerous World of Human Trafficking - Alan R. Warren

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      The Dangerous World of Human Trafficking

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      Sex Trafficking

      If you think sex trafficking only happens in third world countries, then think again. An example of how sex trafficking can happen right here at home was outlined in a New York Times article from April 12, 2012, by Nicholas Kristof. In this article, Kristof interviewed a 16-year-old girl he called Brianna to protect her real identity.

      Brianna grew up in New York City, in an average middle-class family, with two parents and an older brother. She claims that it all started when she was 12-years old. She fought with her mother and ended up going over to her friend’s house.

      Brianna was scared to go home and thought she was in big trouble. Being a young teenage girl and looking for support, she told all her friends about what happened. A friend’s older brother told Brianna she could stay at his place until things cooled down at home if she wanted. Brianna took him up on his offer, figuring she would go home the next morning. She thought that staying away all night would teach her mother a lesson for yelling at her.

      When Brianna woke up the next morning, she used the bathroom, quickly got ready, and told her friend’s brother it was time that she went home. But then, things got ugly.

      The man said she couldn’t go home, and according to him, she was now his property. He told her that he was a pimp and he now owned her.

      The man physically forced Brianna into a bedroom and locked the door. He would enter the bedroom about every two hours or so. The first time he entered he beat her, pushed her around, and called her bad names. The next time he came in, he was just the opposite, showing her great affection. The man kept up this back and forth abusive behavior for a couple of days before he started selling her to men for sex.

      Brianna remembers her captor saying more than half of the men came from an ad the man placed on the Internet site, Backpage.com. At the time, Backpage was responsible for about 70% of the prostitution ads placed in the United States. In response to this, Backpage claimed as far as they were concerned, many of the ads in their paper and website, were placed by consenting adults, and not traffickers. In early 2018, the FBI shut down Backpage, so it no longer operates. However, in the world of the Internet, there are plenty of other places for the ads to go. When one site like Backpage is shut down, the ads just move to another site.

      Brianna ended up at Gateways Treatment Center in Pleasantville, about 35 miles from New York, and this is where she felt safe enough to tell some of her story. Gateways is one of many treatment centers meant for girls between the ages of 12 and 16, that have survived being used as a sexual slave by a trafficker or a pimp. Brianna continued her story by telling the reporter that when she was held captive, she was afraid of being killed, or beaten severely if she tried to run away. Going to the police wasn’t an option either, as she figured she would be arrested and sent to jail. Brianna remembers one time when she was looking out the bedroom window from where she was being held captive. She saw her mother walking the street in front of the house where she was held. She screamed through the window and started slapping the window with her hand. The pimp came from out of nowhere, grabbed her by throat, told her to shut up, or he would kill her.

      Quite often the girls that have been forced into the sex slave trade end up staying. Not only out of fear of their captors but also because they develop affection for the captor. This is widely known as Stockholm Syndrome.

      In an odd twist of fate, Backpage was actually a valuable resource for local police to find victims. Often, a pimp would place a picture of the girl they were selling, and police would contact the ad pretending to be interested in purchasing the girl. They’d make arrangements, and when they got the girl to safety, they arrested the pimp. Since the FBI put Backpage out of business, it’s no longer a resource that can be used.

      Crysta Price and Terry Clark have spent over two years running the Creighton University’s Human Trafficking Initiative, which uses scientific data gleaned from websites that help sell people. Their work is supporting law enforcement to understand the commercial sex industry by identifying who is involved, and how often people are trafficked.

      It was Creighton that focused their analysis on the website Backpage. They stated, at any given time, there were dozens of ads with pictures showing girls in sexually provocative positions offering their services. The ads even included the prices they charged for those services. They provided an array of services for many sexual appetites, including everything from bondage, S&M, to quick encounters. Backpage was considered the primary site for the commercial sex

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