Atlanta Escorts: Sex-trafficking fight goes beyond streets
Posted on June 18th, 2009 in Atlanta escorts
These folks are not out in the streets, stalking pimps and picking up children. They’ve selected a different battlefield to which they bring particular gifts: the Legislature, the courts, fund-raising. This year, for example, the group provided hundreds of volunteers to lobby at the Capitol for anti-trafficking legislation. Members also are paying for additional safehouses for child prostitutes —- tripling the number of beds from seven to 23.
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The children’s backgrounds typically include chaotic home lives, abuse, acting out in school and expulsion, poverty, running away and being “rescued” by men who later pimp them.
The Rev. Weimer remembers the mayor’s report, which contains stories like that of a 12-year-old Atlanta girl who was imprisoned by an adult pimp in a bedroom with barred windows. The girl was rescued by an aunt as the pimp was preparing to take her out of Georgia.
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