THE PROBLEMSex trafficking in Atlanta is rampant...
HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN GEORGIAAt $290 million per year, Atlanta has the largest sex economy of any city in America…
The underground sex economy may include stripping, prostitution, or forced prostitution.
A 2014 study reported that many pimps in Atlanta make upwards of $30,000 per week preying on vulnerable women and girls.
When we talk about “sex trafficking” we’re not talking about Liam Neeson in the movie Taken.
While women are trafficked across international borders, that’s pretty rare here in Atlanta. Most women were first trafficked by a family member when they were young girls. In fact…
Most girls are first sold to a man for sex when they are between the ages of 12 - 14.
— POLITIFACT
And 95% of victims in lives of prostitution experience sexual abuse as children.
— AVA INFORMATION BRIEFING - PROSTITUTION AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESEARCH
These girls are often preyed upon by pimps, as violence and drugs become tools for control.
And these young traumatized victims often grow up to become adult victims, trapped in a vicious cycle of trafficking, prostitution, and addiction.
But
most
tragically
of all…
87% of women in the sex industry say they want out but have no other means of survival.
— MELISSA FARLEY, FROM PROSTITUTION AND TRAFFICKING IN NINE COUNTRIES: AN UPDATE ON VIOLENCE AND POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER via PROSTITUTIONRESEARCH.COM
