Wednesday, January 27, 2010

There is Human Sex Trafficking in San Diego

Summary: When you think of San Diego you tend to think of Sea World and happy people, but if you look a little deeper, you'll see that San Diego is a hot spot for human sex trafficking (the act of selling people (centered mainly around young girls to teenage girls) for sex). Why is this so? Well San Diego is a tourist town, a border town, and a military town, allowing people from all over the world to come to San Diego. For pimps (a man who sells the people for sex), this means that San Diego is the ideal location for selling their victims to people (mainly men) looking for sex.

Reflection: When I read about this I was absolutely shocked; How could this be happening in San Diego? It's truly horrifying what happens to these young girls. It's sad at how unknown this is. People need to put more effort into stopping this horrible act of crime.

Significance: Why is this important to know? This is important to know because pimps are scouting for runaway teenagers and young vulnerable girls. Once they get a hold on these girls, they send them into Rape Camps where men pay to have sex with these girls. In the following website, Patricia had counted that in one hour a little girl had been raped by thirty-five men. Follow this link for more information: libertadlatina.org