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Today on the streets of cities big and small all across america, the fbi estimates that one in five of those picked up for prostitution is an underaged child. most people when they hear human trafficking, they think of it as purely an international issue. you know, that doesn t happen here. illinois state s attorney anita alvarez is lead prosecutor for the cook county human trafficking task force. and i think the public, we need to be more aware of yes, it does happen here, it is happening in our own back yard. increasingly, the business of sex for sale is moving off street corners like the track in oakland and onto the internet. who s going on little barbie? you? with profits in the millions
StreetsWallChildProstitutionFbiAmericaUnderagedCitiesFiveOneHuman-traffickingYesEvery day in america, tens of thousands of people go online looking to buy and sell sex. yes, are you calling for a date? sometimes the voice on the other end of the line is an undercover cop. i think it s river and lawrence. investigators with the cook county human trafficking task force are en route to a location where an undercover officer has arranged a date for sex with a woman doing in-calls from her motel room. once the officer is inside the room with the girl, he ll make the deal. we ll go to the room and he ll let us in and we ll arrest the girl for prostitution. police say this particular motel about a mile from the airport, is frequently used as a rendezvous for buyers and sellers of sex. okay, we just got text now
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