The Forbidden Trade And Sex Trafficking - 1419 Words

Michael Azarie Professor Josh Wood English 100 10 November 2015 The Forbidden Trade â€Å"I waited till they were completely asleep. And I put my suitcase by the door. And I was about to leave...sure enough, the phone rings.† The young woman answered the phone and told her captor that she was there. She continues, â€Å"I grabbed my suitcase, I ran to the elevator, and I got outside and I started running until I got as far away as I possibly could† (ABC News). This article of Miya—her real name was undisclosed— named Teen Girls Stories of Sex Trafficking published in the ABC News report, describes her successful attempt to escape from traffickers who had enslaved and forced her into a dark world full of desire; the world of sex trafficking.†¦show more content†¦Pimps tend to choose their targets wisely by taking advantage of their social and economical disadvantages. According to the article Sex Trafficking of Women and Girls, â€Å"typically, the countries from which many of the victims originate have unstable political cli mates and are economically disadvantaged† (Deshpande and Nour). Victims are taken away from their families and loved ones, isolated in a foreign country, and unable to speak the language they need in order to ask for help. Traffickers are highly skilled profiteers who use a variety of tactics to trap their victims. They give their girls false promises such as education opportunities, job opportunities, and false marriages in order to obtain American citizenship. They also use a tactic known as debt bondage where they expect their victims to provide personal or sexual services to pay a portion of their debt (Deshpande and Nour). Also, pimps use emotional techniques to recruit women. They tend to act as if they are the only ones who care about their victims and provide them with their basic needs such as food and shelter in order to gain their devoted loyalty. Sacharay- which is how she wants to be known- is a survivor of sex trafficking who in an interview, told CNN News that â€Å"[h]e [her aggressor] was like I love you for that, I love you so much , then he would slowly put two, three more guys [for her to have sex with]† (Coorlim and Ford). On