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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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'Selling Girls' investigation to be featured on 'Megyn Kelly TODAY'

Tuesday's episode of 'Megyn Kelly TODAY' will feature reporting on the epidemic of sex trafficking in the United States, interviews with a survivor, and a man who admits to being a buyer.
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Policy aims to build trust among sex workers

Globally, sex workers have a 45 to 75 percent chance of experiencing violence in their lifetime, according to the American Journal of Public Health. But often, the perpetrators are never caught because their victims stay silent.
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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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Washington's child sex trafficking victims sometimes punished as criminals

'We need to figure out a way to help them'
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A Pimp's Playbook: How a former pimp talked his way into women's lives

'I'm going to work to sell you a story — to sell you a dream'
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Seattle nonprofit takes on sex buyers with technology

If you're searching Google to buy sex, a Seattle non-profit hopes you'll click on one of their advertisements first.
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Need help? Local resources for sex trafficking victims, prostitution survivors

The national hotline for human trafficking victims is 888-373-7888.
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Curing 'Johns': Ten-week course aims to change sex buyers' lives

Can you teach a man to never buy sex again?
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A conversation on sex trafficking

Why don't people just walk away from the sex industry if they're exploited and abused?
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Unshackled: A prostitute's journey to freedom

'Everyone thinks only the ones who are pimped are captive'