Informative Essay On Sex Trafficking

Last spring, I remember hearing whispers around school that someone in my home town got arrested for sex trafficking. In a big city like Minneapolis it would seem like a weekly occurrence, but for a small town it was big news. Hours after I heard the rumor I happened to turn on the television and the nightly news was on. I didn’t pay close attention until they said where the arrest happened. The bust happened three blocks away from my house. I didn’t know the person who got caught, but I knew what house. I walked by the house almost daily while taking my dogs on walks. Before that event happened, I viewed sex trafficking as a big ring that had hundreds of sex slaves and labor workers. I always thought those rings were in places like California

Form small towns like Sartell to big City’s like Minneapolis. The Urban Institute estimated that “the underground sex economy ranged from $39.9 million in Denver, Colorado, to $290 million in Atlanta, Georgia.” (“Polaris”) Those numbers were as of 2014, we are less than 20 days away from 2018. The numbers have had to of sky rocketed in the last four years. “Sex trafficking is the fastest-growing business of organized crime and the third-largest criminal enterprise in the world’ (McBane). That’s scary to think about instead of moving backwards its moving forwards even with all the technology the government has now

The statistics are high for runaway children, but they aren’t the only children involved in sex trafficking. A phoenix teen named Debbie was taken from her own home and forced into sex trafficking. Debbie’s story isn’t as common as most. She got a call from her friend Bianca who said she was stopping by Debbie’s house. Bianca showed up with two older men. After a few minutes Bianca said they were going to leave. Debbie reached for Bianca to give her a hug, Bianca pushed Debbie into the car and sped away. They tied her up had covered her mouth and ears with tape. While ting her down one of the older men threatened to shoot her if she didn’t