people will often talk about there s been a bust and a number of prostitutes have been found. well, i wish our language could change because saying that someone is a prostitute denotes a choice. these women, many women, are actually prostituted. we ve seen such horrific crimes involving sex trafficking. marcie forman oversees hundreds of special agents tasked with cracking down on criminals who traffic women. it s all about the money. these organized criminals don t think of these people as human beings. they think of them in dollars and cents. $65 for 15 minutes of sex several times a night per girl. translator: the man grabbed me and he put his hands on me. oh, boy. [ groans ] [ engine revs ]
he used very aggressive words. he said if i will not stop talking, that blood will come out from me. katya is one of the few women with the courage to come forward. she even testified before congress. and every day for until now, i m living, i m scared that something can happen anytime. people will often talk about there s been a bust and a number of prostitutes have been found. well, i wish our language could change because saying that someone is a prostitute denotes a choice. these women, many women, are actually prostituted. we ve seen such horrific crimes involving sex trafficking. marcie forman oversees hundreds of special agents tasked with cracking down on criminals who traffic women. it s all about the money. these organized criminals don t think of these people as human beings. they think of them in dollars
in 2009 cook county sheriff tom dart was part of the legal effort to stop down the erotic services section of craigslist. just calling to see if you have anything available for today. now his troops are taking aim at backpage, which he says makes millions from the misery of others. if we have a website that puts on hits for spouses. well, we re not putting on the hits for the spouses. we just set up the website. we are then telling law enforcement. yeah, the problem is by the time we get there, the people are all dead already. so we rather you take the website down. i mean, come on. the cook county task force wants americans to know that online websites keep traffic women ensnared in a cycle of perpetual violence. they went crazy. this dude put me in a choke hold. while most view them as young individuals making bad choices,
website down. i mean, come on. the cook county task force wants americans to know that online websites keep traffic women ensnared in a cycle of perpetual violence. they went crazy. this dude put me in a choke hold. while most view them as young individuals making bad choisces, brenda howell sees these women as the walking wounded, in desperate need of the public s empathy and intervention. i have girls say it feels like someone is using the bathroom inside of me. the average prostitute turns five to six, maybe ten tricks a day, right? if you calculate five times 365, how many men has she slept with? over 1,800 men. how much trauma a is that for her? i know about prostitution. i was a prostitute for 25 years. you have no idea what you re in for. brenda s own hard life lessons
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