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In reply to the discussion: My understanding about the whole child sex trafficking thing. Correct me if I'm wrong. [View all]obamanut2012
(29,357 posts)17. Yup, and what is used as "bait" is usually affection and safety
Food, shelter, clothing, love bombing.
Sometimes, girls and women are sold by their families -- and, I don't mean white Americans. The US nail salon business is rife with trafficking. Domestic servants here and abroad have their passports taken, usually POC victim and POC perps. The workers who built the last World Cup facilities.
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My understanding about the whole child sex trafficking thing. Correct me if I'm wrong. [View all]
Tommy Carcetti
Jul 2023
OP
This article says that most victims of child sex trafficking know their traffickers.
Scrivener7
Jul 2023
#2
Meanwhile Trump loses track of around 1,000 kids and they could be anywhere.
TheBlackAdder
Jul 2023
#4
Close but not quite. People think that sex trafficking is dramatic, involves kidnapping or
WhiskeyGrinder
Jul 2023
#6
And to the extent they are true, 90%+ of it are committed by REPUBLICANS - I ga'ontee
peppertree
Jul 2023
#27
Real, but the Qanon slant is called "propaganda porn" by a DUer. CAVIEZEL, Mel GIBSON, VERASTEGUI
UTUSN
Jul 2023
#15
I must respectfully disagree based on data. Certainly your '1' and '2' above are quite true, BUT
PatrickforB
Jul 2023
#25
The vast majority of those kids are with someone they know when they "go missing."
WhiskeyGrinder
Jul 2023
#28