Teen Girls' Stories of Sex Trafficking in U.S.

http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1596778&page=1

"Teen Girls' Stories of Sex Trafficking in U.S." ABC News/Primetime. ABC Primetime, 2006. Web. 13 Sept. 2011.

"Teen Girls' Stories of Sex Trafficking in U.S." is an article about sex trafficking of teen girls in the United States. Debbie and Miya are both teen girls who have been lured into the "seamy world of sex trafficking." These girls are just two out of the thousands of young girls living in America that have been abducted or lured into sex trafficking.

"While many Americans have heard of human trafficking in other parts of the world -- Thailand, Cambodia, Latin America and eastern Europe, for example -- few people know it happens here in the United States. The FBI estimates that well over 100,000 children and young women are trafficked in America today. They range in age from 9 to 19, with the average age being 11."

Debbie, was 15 when she was abducted from her own driveway. She was waiting for her friend Bianca to arrive. When Bianca arrived, she pulled up in a cadillac with two men, Mark and Matthew. The men made Bianca shove her friend into the vehicle and tie her up and threatened to shoot Bianca if she didnt obey. Debbie was taken to an apartment 25 miles away from her home. There she was treated like a dog and subject to various abuses. She was gang raped and forced to have sex with over 50 men and thats not including the gang rapers who had sex with her on a periodic basis. Her "pimp" broke her down until he gained complete control over her.

Miya, a 19 year old, was working at the mall when she was lured into sex trafficking. She was approached by a young women and nicely dressed man. They said that they were modeling agents looking for new models. They asked her to go back to California with them so they could do more photo shoots at their office and she agreed. They gave her a makeover which she thought was for the photo shoot and had no idea that it would be for  a much more "insidious reason." Miya was forced to work as a prostitute.

They both were reunited with their families thanks to the help of law enforcement and having the nerve to endure such harsh conditions. The man who lured Miya was charged with pimping and pandering in connection to the young girl he was traveling with. The people who took Debbie were cherged with kidnapping and sexual assault.

This article is not biased. It is telling the stories of two young girls who were lured into sex trafficking. For as common as its becoming, its hard to believe that we hardly hear about it. This article would be a very good one to use if you wanted to do your paper on underlying problems in the U.S.