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This suburban dad paid for sex with 25 girls. Why?

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She vanished right near the local high school; then she was sold for sex

"You won’t want me anymore. I’m so dirty. I’m so dirty, mama. You won’t want me anymore.”
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Harris County attorney sues to stop prostitution along 'Bissonnet Track'

Out of nearly 4,000 crimes reported since January 2016, Chief Art Acevedo of the Houston Police Department says a quarter of them are prostitution-related.
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Selling Girls | Sex traffickers are targeting American children

Sex trafficking is a billion-dollar-a-year industry in the U.S. And traffickers are preying on young girls across the nation — our daughters, sisters and friends — right in our backyards.
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Saving Girls | Teens are being bought and sold for sex, but you can help

Underage girls are being sold in America. Let’s change the topic of conversation from Selling Girls to Saving them.
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Woman sold for sex as a child tells her story from the place it all began

“I learned quickly that like no didn’t really mean no and so if I closed my eyes and pretended I was somewhere else it would go by quicker than if I tried to make them stop."
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Harris County has a dark history of letting sex traffickers off easy

KHOU 11 Investigates found that over half of sex trafficking crimes in the county resulted in the defendant receiving probation
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Her dream was to make music; instead she was sold and forced to have sex

Megan was a straight-A student who dreamed of being a musician. She thought her big break was coming when she met a music producer off a dating site.
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'Motivation' is in jail for sex trafficking; hear his warning to parents

"Sit your daughter down and let her know, there's people out there really ready to manipulate her."
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How sex traffickers target American girls, then profit

Sex trafficking is all about supply and demand, and the billion-dollar industry is targeting our children.
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How sex traffickers target our daughters, then profit

Sex trafficking is all about supply and demand, and the billion-dollar industry is targeting our children.
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Hear this sex trafficker's warning to parents from jail

A warning from jail: "Sit your daughter down and let her know, there's people out there really ready to manipulate her."