Human trafficking is on the up rise; therefore, we have an increasing opportunity for greater interventions within our community. Traffickers target vulnerable Native women and youth who struggle with mental illness and substance abuse. These young women are easy targets because their mental illness affects their thought process of being able to recognize being exploited. Unfortunately, these young women believe these exploiters lies and deceit. They believe the pimps are their boyfriends and love them. Which in turn makes it hard to break away from their pimps even though they are getting treated so badly. (Research Roundup: Native American Women May be Vulnerable to Sex Trafficking. 2013)
Collin states in the article, “Sex Trafficking on the North Shore,” that sex trafficking does not only happen in other …show more content…
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