VIGIL FOR SEX TRAFFICKED SLAVES

HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT - DOCTOR KATE TRANSCHEL on HUMAN TRAFFICKING

This TEDX talk in Chicago is very harsh.  Doctor Kate refuses to avert her gaze from this crime.  CALIFORNIA is a prime destination for child slaves, who get traded at Disneyland.  California street gangs love to sell human flesh.  Nail parlors enslave Asians. Human trafficking is the fastest growing crime in America.

A WEEK OF RAPE AND SODOMY makes a 14 year old's eyes go blank.  She won't run away.  One adult woman had to have multiple surgeries to reconstruct her vagina and rectum.

A CALL TO A HOTLINE MAY LAUNCH A RESCUE FOR SOMEONE ELSE!

SLAVERYFOOTPRINT.ORG ASKS HOW MANY SLAVES WORK FOR YOU ?

SLAVERYFOOTPRINT.ORG 

You may say NONE.  But maybe you are buying products like some coffees and chocolates that are made by slaves.  TAKE THE SURVEY! Maybe it's your cell phone or your T-shirt.

SHATTERED HEART

 

CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT - RESCUING CHILDREN FROM PROSTITUTION, CHILD PORN, SEX SLAVERY and TRAFFICKING

CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT  Over 40 years of rescuing children from the streets, from prostitution, child pornography, sex slavery, and sex trafficking. Please go to this official site to learn of the amazing accomplishments of this organization.

EXCERPT:  CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT is the ONLY place in America where a child can call from a seedy motel or truck stop ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES, reach a skilled case worker 24/7 who knows how to rescue and relocate a child or young person from a dangerous condition without being arrested by the police and held in witness protection in solitary confinement until they testify against a pimp/trafficker. Our 24/7 nationwide toll free case management services are comprehensive and able to help anyone trapped on the streets of our nation.

800 551-1300 

LIGHT THE WAY

 

UNSEEN VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING - MEN AND BOYS ARE ALSO TRAFFICKED

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION - UNSEEN VICTIMS OF SEX TRAFFICKING - MEN AND BOYS  Homeless men were often boys who were trafficked.

EXCERPT:  Boys and men who have trafficked present with issues that are similar to many victims of complex trauma; poverty, sexual abuse, violence or living in a home where substance abuse takes place.  Behaviors can include drug use, running away, depression, anxiety, and Opposition behavior disorders.

COVENANT HOUSE : HOMELESS TEENS RUNAWAYS ESPECIALLY IN HOLLYWOOD

COVENANT HOUSE works in the United States, Canada, and CENTRAL AMERICA.

COVENANT HOUSE ORG

Their focus is on youth, often HOMELESS YOUTH, who are especially targeted.  I know from research that HOMELESS YOUTH are often YOUTH who were in FOSTER CARE. 

EXCERPT:  Why do human traffickers target kids facing homelessness? Because these young people present a low-risk business proposition and are relatively easy to lure from the streets with promises of love, protection, food, and financial security. Because of their vulnerability, children and teens with no place to call home and no one to care for them make easy prey for traffickers. ... As one of our case workers says, "Trafficking is more than selling sex.  Trafficking is young people being physically and sexually assaulted.  Trafficking is torture. It means victims being kept up for days. It means forced starvation.  Recovery for victims is long and complicated, and takes the efforts of a lot of good people."

Missy here.

I've been to Hollywood Boulevard area a few times. It's a tourist trap. Many of the runaway teens, teens who often ran because they were being abused at home, are picked up as prostitutes in that area. There's a high rate of disease including AIDS.

I saw a girl with a huge dufflebag sitting on the sidewalk, just off the bus, and a woman talking to her, asking her what kind of work she could do. Because this woman was not dressed as a professional, not wearing any badge or ID, I wondered if she was a procurer.

If you're a teen runaway reading this and someone approaches you offering help, ask for the person's business card. Do not go with them. Go to the location on the card another time. See if other young people are going in and out. Talk to them and find out what the place is about. Is it real? What does it look like from the outside? Does it have signage? Windows? Lights?  

Try to arrive with some money. A youth hostel is the least expensive option. Try to stay at such a place at least a month and apply for jobs. Fast food work is often easy to obtain. Get out of the Hollywood area if possible. This doesn't mean you'll be safe. But you will be out of an area where there's a lot of procurement, prostitution, pimps. It's not just tourists. Locals pick up kids too.

Options for being safer at night include staying up all night in a fast food restaurant or waiting room at a hospital. Unfortunately thousands are homeless on the streets in California and shelter waiting lists are long. So really I want to discourage anyone without at least $20,000 from moving here without a job and housing lined up.

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