By Isabel Vincent. May 6, pm Updated October 3, pm. Every year, thousands of women are trafficked to New York City from Latin America, and lately China, to work in brothels and massage parlors or as out-call prostitutes.
Statistics are hard to come by because the trade is hidden and victims rarely come forward β blocked by language barriers, leery of law enforcement and fearful of vengeful pimps who threaten to kill their families. More On: sex trafficking Missing teen's pimp suddenly speaks out at his sentencing UK police to be probed for not fully investigating Prince Andrew Prince Andrew should come to US to face Jeffrey Epstein probe: lawyer Lawyer for MCC guard Tova Noel says she's the real victim of Epstein death Last month, eight members of a gang of pimps pleaded guilty in Brooklyn federal court to racketeering, sex trafficking of minors and human smuggling.
Each member of the Rendon-Reyes gang β a family enterprise that terrorized and trafficked girls and women for a decade β faces life in prison. The previous year, it interviewed Sandra, 30, is one former sex slave helped by Sanctuary for Families.
Kidnapped from her hardscrabble hometown in central Mexico and forced into the sex trade at age 19, she escaped her pimp-captor in and has received counseling, legal aid and health care from the group ever since. Wanting to protect her family, Sandra declined to provide her last name. I always wore a tight, short skirt and stilettos.
I would nod off in the car. I had a different driver every week. One day, over the span of 16 consecutive hours in Boston, there were 80 men. Alfredo beat me, refused to give me food or even water. I was also forced to hand out the cards to potential customers. Sometimes the cards had pictures of nude women. Everyone knew what the cards really meant; that the number on the back was to arrange deliveries of women.
