Already exposed to some kind of instability in their lives, and there was a time when Law Enforcement across the country would say that cant be a Trafficking Victim because she was pretty prosecuted. They are now saying let me look at the trafficker exploited the vulnerability. There were times when Law Enforcement across the country would say a jury in my district will not believe an undocumented woman who knowingly came to this country illegally and did some knowing she would prostitute because thats just an illegal prostitute thats not going to be a sympathetic jury. Now we are seeing people say wait a minute, there is somebody behind this who facilitate that whole smuggling and prostitution scheme by manipulating this victim and knowing that she was not inclined to speak out and would not turn to authorities for help precisely because of those attitudes. Thats what we are transferring when data time one case at a time when survivor anytime and i look for to continuing to do that. T
As someone who covers the Justice Department it is great to hear so many positive, kind words about the fbi and the Justice Department. They need it right now. Thank you so much for sharing all of your experiences and ways to empower survivors. [ applause ] were working with what we have and i was, like, what do we have . She said, your body. I didnt know about sex trafficking until i was in the middle of it. After a while you have to get used to it. Everything doesnt seem out of ordinary to you. We really believe that she was getting ready to be sold. Brianna comes from a small town, was an a student and did everything you hoped your daughter would do. My dreams were to become a nurse while i was in high school i had found a waitressing job. I loved school. I loved being around my friends and my science class was, like, my big thing. These traffickers or pimps, they pretend to be an older boyfriend and these young girls actually fall in love with these guys and believe that this guy l
Working with what we have. I was, like what do we have . Shes, like, your body. I didnt know about sex trafficking until i was in the middle of it. After a while, you get used to it, like everything goes around, just doesnt seem out of ordinary to you. We really believe that she was getting ready to be sold. Briana comes from a small town, an a student, did everything you hope your daughter would do. My dreams were to become a nurse, while i was in high school. I found a waitressing job. I love school. I love being around my friends and my science class is my big thing. These traffickers are pimps. They pretend to be an older boyfriend. The young girls fall in love with these guys and believe that this guy loves them back. He was, like, 24, he played football at the university. He bought me some designer jeans and things. Movies and malls, trips, stuff like that. He bought me a dress and some jewelry. I didnt have stuff like that. It is important for the pimp or the trafficker to separ