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100 Women Extra: Surviving Sex Trafficking

100 Women: Surviving Sex Trafficking

Surviving Sex Trafficking

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BBC World News - 100 Women Extra, Surviving Sex Trafficking

The BBC's 100 Women series looks at sex trafficking in the US.

In popular belief, sex trafficking in the US involves women forced across borders and held against their will. A new picture shows eight in ten victims are actually US citizens.

Sex trafficking is one of the most misunderstood criminal enterprises in the US. In popular belief; women are forced across borders and held against their will. But a new picture shows eight in ten victims are US citizens. Many are enslaved through drugs and like old-world slavery, are branded as property. Often confused as valid sex workers, Columbus, Ohio is helping to free victims and transform their marks of "ownership". Reporter: Elaine Jung.

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