https:// www.nytimes.com/2004/01/25/magazine/the-girls-next-door.html
Post from way back just floated back up.
Damn anons this is a heartwrenching NYT story of the horrors of human trafficking, with an emphasis on:
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the importance of the southern border for in and out transit
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global trafficking networks use Mexico as a staging/training ground
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global sex trade is trending younger and more violent with a focus on changing tastes in America
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all trafficked people are popped back and forth across the border multiple times
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traffickers are constantly moving along routes and exchanging their human cargo, stop by stop, in order to constantly keep them moving
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the metal fence at the border stops abruptly immediately prior to a well know crossing area specifically know for sex trafficking
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live rape and forced incest are webcast and are known by law enforcement (yet red rooms are supposedly fake?)
Take a deep breath breath before reading. It is tough.
There's tons in there, I spent quite a bit of my Sunday reading it. I don't regret it but felt I had to share it to make it worthwhile.