Sold Out – How the crusade against sex trafficking in Texas has left child victims behind.
Texas, United States (TexasTribune) – Sex trafficking is never far from the headlines. We’ve all seen the flashy cable news stories, the explosive reports of law enforcement stings, the harrowing images of women, many of them foreign-born, housed in rundown motel rooms. But rarely has this coverage touched on the most hard-to-stomach — and hard-to-report — aspect of the crime: the American children plucked from schools, foster care and even child welfare facilities and sold for sex. The Texas Tribune approached its Sold Out series from this untold perspective, giving readers…
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