The victims more often than not are captured via fraud and coercion with the least way being force (however it does happen.) They are recruited in several different ways most believing they are going to earn a better life via having a better job. If they are coming from another country then it’s often to come here to be a waitress, maid or even a stripper, However they quickly learn that the traffickers imbedded them with a unattainable debt and that “waitress” job is now forced prostitution, they quickly learn that they were just “broken in” to hell. The threat to their own families, the forced addiction to drugs, and the continuous brainwashing is what keeps these victims from escaping. So what can be done? Breaking Out as a nonprofit organization believes in a proactive approach, As the US government learned in the 80s with the drug war that awareness campaigns were not enough they formed task forces to go after the dealers and take away their “product” Well Breaking Out using the same train of thought has teams of dedicated, trained individuals to go out and find and rescue victims no matter where in the world they are and take away these traffickers “products.” While in the US our licensed investigators aid and assist local and federal law enforcement to not only rescue the victims but to also gather the evidence needed to convict the traffickers. While Outside the US Breaking Out working with the US State Dept. and US Embassy’s send our rescue teams to these brothels and rescue our victims and bring them to undisclosed safe houses where they will start their rehabilitation process or the US embassy where we can get the US victims back home safely. This along with our seminar and awareness program can hopefully let these traffickers know these victims are human beings; they are women and children not meant to be exploited for profit, They are not sub human and don’t need to be treated as such, We want to let these traffickers know you can’t have them and Breaking out is here to help them “break Out” of human trafficking. Written by James Barnes, Founder Breaking Out Corporation 33
July Magazine 2012
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