Sex Trafficking Survivor Brings Attention To The Growing Crime
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According to the FBI, California is home to three of 13 child sex trafficking hubs in the nation.
Child sex trafficking is
something that isn't talked about a lot, but one woman who lived the nightmare
told her story Wednesday on Good Day LA. Debra speaks candidly about how she
was exploited beginning at the age of 8, and didn't escape the world until
she was in her 50's. And it was her own children who saved her.
Debra, along
with San Bernardino County District Attorney Michael Ramos and Claude
Arnold from Homeland Security discuss the rise in child sex trafficking and
ways for victims to escape from the predators who run these operations.
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