Trafficking Trail

[...]I-20, particularly the 147-mile stretch from Birmingham to Atlanta, is the top sex trafficking highway in the United States. The vast majority of the victims in the U.S. had no intention of getting into the sex industry, but through modeling, a boyfriend or out of desperation they found themsel...

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Published inUniversity Wire
Main Author Lane, Lauren
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Carlsbad Uloop, Inc 01.03.2015
Subjects
Evacuations & rescues
Human trafficking
Prostitution
Sex industry
Atlanta Georgia
United States > US
Alabama
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Summary:[...]I-20, particularly the 147-mile stretch from Birmingham to Atlanta, is the top sex trafficking highway in the United States. The vast majority of the victims in the U.S. had no intention of getting into the sex industry, but through modeling, a boyfriend or out of desperation they found themselves being exploited and used, living in an earthly hell, McCarty said. [...]we change our perspective on trafficking and the victims of it, this will continue," she said.