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Child sex trafficking in the US: 40-year comparison of pimps and victims

  • Pimp tactics
  • May 19, 2012
There have been many forms of commercial child sexual exploitation in the US, but it is only in the last dozen years that it became an official...
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A sex trafficking survivor walks in victory, helping other victims

  • Sex trafficking survivors and healing
  • May 19, 2012
"I needed to stop isolating myself and begin to help others. I want to help runaways." Barbara AmayaBarbara Amaya knows what it is like...
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The aftermath of sex trafficking: Dealing with the pain and shame

  • Sex trafficking survivors and healing
  • May 19, 2012
As a survivor of teen sex trafficking, Barbara Amaya was ready to be done with the life of captivity and mandated sex acts with multiple strangers...
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Childhood sexual abuse made Barbara vulnerable to sex trafficking ploys

Barbara Amaya has been living with a painful, devastating secret for over 40 years. She was a victim of child sex trafficking decades before there...
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Alexis La Benz: A Girl Scout fights sex trafficking on a national scale

Alexis La Benz of Chandler, Arizona has campaigned against the forced prostitution of children for the past four years, beginning at age 14. Her...
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GSUSA gives impetus to Phoenix teen to focus on sex trafficking awareness

In 2012, Girl Scouting in the United States celebrates its first 100 years. Although the program contains many of the same elements as a century...
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Sex trafficking awareness: Mom's brunch, comedy show raise funds for survivors

It is Mother's Day weekend. StreetLightUSA, a residential treatment in Phoenix, is being honored this weekend by area supporters who are...
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Mother's Day brunch can help rescue somebody's daughter from sex trafficking

Mothers are known as the face of love for their offspring. When children have gone missing or have taken a bad turn in life, many moms will...
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Criminal charges will be amped up if secret service escorts are underage

Secret service agents and military personnel,numbering at least 11of each, are already in legal hot water over theprostitution scandalin Cartagena,...
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Thoughts on child abuse from sex trafficking victims who have been there

Child Abuse Prevention Month is a time to recognize the harsh reality that millions of children in America are abused each year. It is also an...
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