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When people think of sex trafficking, they typically consider it to be an issue that occurs outside of the United States. However, it’s a form of modern day slavery that exists throughout our country. Most Americans aren’t even aware of how serious of a problem it actually is.
Runaway and homeless youth are regularly targeted by sex traffickers, often using the promise of fast income and a better life to lure them in to the darkness. Once a victim is brought into the sex slave trade, they are forced against their will through a variety of control tactics to solicit their bodies to complete strangers (who are often white, middle-class men with families).
While many of these victims are never rescued from their horrific circumstances and rehabilitated, there are some who are lucky enough to escape a life of slavery.
Recently, the mother of a runaway teenager went to extremes in order to save her daughter from a sex trafficking ring in Washington.
Police say the men were using craigslist and the marketing website backpage.com to sell girls for sex. The three traffickers were operating their business using various motels throughout Olympia, Everett and Tacoma.
When a mother of one of the victim’s discovered her daughter’s photo on one of the sites, she was determined to get her daughter back.
It’s a parent’s worst nightmare: finding your child on a sex trafficking website.
“She really kind of did her own sting and located the hotel they were using and set up a ‘meet’ and recovered her daughter,” said Lt. Ron Mead of WSP Missing and Exploited Children’s Task Force.
Instead of letting the police conduct a sting operation to rescue the girl, she called the listed number and asked what kind of services she could get for $200. The response? “Good sex.”
Then, she was told where to go.
The mother was able to locate and free her daughter and afterward alert police of the suspects’ location. Curtis Escalonte, 23, and Michael Williams, 22, were arrested and charged with numerous sex-related offenses. Their bail was set at $2 million.
A third suspect later turned himself in to police.
“As a result of that contact, had it not been for the mother’s involvement, we certainly wouldn’t have been aware of it as quickly as we were and may not have been aware of it all,” Mead said.
http://firsttoknow.com/mother-goes-...sex-trafficking-ring/?utm_source=facebookpage
Runaway and homeless youth are regularly targeted by sex traffickers, often using the promise of fast income and a better life to lure them in to the darkness. Once a victim is brought into the sex slave trade, they are forced against their will through a variety of control tactics to solicit their bodies to complete strangers (who are often white, middle-class men with families).
While many of these victims are never rescued from their horrific circumstances and rehabilitated, there are some who are lucky enough to escape a life of slavery.
Recently, the mother of a runaway teenager went to extremes in order to save her daughter from a sex trafficking ring in Washington.
Police say the men were using craigslist and the marketing website backpage.com to sell girls for sex. The three traffickers were operating their business using various motels throughout Olympia, Everett and Tacoma.
When a mother of one of the victim’s discovered her daughter’s photo on one of the sites, she was determined to get her daughter back.
It’s a parent’s worst nightmare: finding your child on a sex trafficking website.
“She really kind of did her own sting and located the hotel they were using and set up a ‘meet’ and recovered her daughter,” said Lt. Ron Mead of WSP Missing and Exploited Children’s Task Force.
Instead of letting the police conduct a sting operation to rescue the girl, she called the listed number and asked what kind of services she could get for $200. The response? “Good sex.”
Then, she was told where to go.
The mother was able to locate and free her daughter and afterward alert police of the suspects’ location. Curtis Escalonte, 23, and Michael Williams, 22, were arrested and charged with numerous sex-related offenses. Their bail was set at $2 million.
A third suspect later turned himself in to police.
“As a result of that contact, had it not been for the mother’s involvement, we certainly wouldn’t have been aware of it as quickly as we were and may not have been aware of it all,” Mead said.
http://firsttoknow.com/mother-goes-...sex-trafficking-ring/?utm_source=facebookpage
