From the editorial: "Trafficking destroys lives and will continue to as long as it’s as invisible as a sneaked text message or as anonymous as an online ad."
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We ve all shared the Facebook memes and posts about some plot to kidnap women and how they need to be aware of this and take X, Y and Z steps to be safe. That s just being thoughtful, right? But people who work with victim-survivors say we re perpetuating the idea that the only way you can be trafficked is if a stranger kidnaps you, or that only adult women are trafficked.
And when we do that, we re ignoring the people -
young people: boys and girls 12-14 years old - who ARE being trafficked in our community.
Our View / End exploitation; learn to spot sex trafficking
From the editorial: No one should be pressured to exchange sex acts for a warm place to stay, for a bite to eat, to feed a drug addiction, to avoid a beating, or because they feel they have no other option. Sadly, that s what s happening, though. And yes, here in the Twin Ports. Every day.
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News Tribune Editorial Board | 10:00 am, Jan. 12, 2021 ×
Sexual exploitation and the buying and selling of children and vulnerable others happens here in Duluth every day, a leader of the Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault, or PAVSA, once said in an interview with News Tribune Editorial Board members.