Atlanta Adult Entertainment: Regaining trafficking victims’ trust, one interview at a time
Posted on July 11th, 2011 in Atlanta adult entertainment
… I remember one particular young woman,” recalled the caseworker who works with victims of sexual trafficking. “She was brutally beaten; her skull was cracked open. She was forced to go out and work (as a prostitute) two weeks after that.
“However, she only told us about the incident a year later. That’s when she could finally talk about it.”
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“The trafficker makes them believe he has the documents,” said one of the caseworkers. “Once they are here, he tells them that they are illegal and says, ‘If you don’t want me to beat you or report you, you have to work as a prostitute.’”
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“In one case, a young lady and her sister were lured into forced prostitution. The traffickers threatened to get other family members. So we homed in on how much justice she would be bringing to those other girls who could not escape,” El-Sawi said.
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