Kubra wrote:oh, IIIIII see. We're talking past each other.Gravlen wrote:
OK.usually mothers between the ages of 35-55
Three of them were over 63 years old, landing outside the "usual" age range. One we don't know much about, so we don't know if she's a mother or not.They are often lied to or seriously misled about the type of work they’ll be doing,
This does not seem to fit with what we know, since we so far have no indication that anyone there was engaged in sex work. One of the places was reputable enough that Gonzales brought her newly wedded husband to it for a date night, and while it is possible they were looking for sex and he is lying about it now it seems very unlikely based on current information.Once they are at the massage parlor, traffickers step up their control with a combination of manipulation and blackmail. A woman who speaks little English, whose identification documents are held by traffickers, whose finances are controlled by traffickers, and who has been transported by traffickers to an unfamiliar place, is told that she has the “choice” to provide commercial sex or to leave and take care of herself.
Traffickers have told her that if she leaves no one will help her, that the police are corrupt and won’t listen to her or believe her, that she will be arrested for prostitution or deported, and that her family will be told the shameful story that she is working in the sex industry in the United States, and will be required to pay off her debts. Given this situation, there is no real choice for the victim. Either she stays at the massage parlor, abiding by the rules set by the trafficker, or risks losing everything.
Four of the victims were originally Korean nationals, but according to the Korean consulate in Atlanta said Friday afternoon that three of the victims were US citizens and one was a Korean citizen with a green card. It's difficult to threaten US citizens with deportation.
One was originally a chinese national, but later became a naturalized citizen.She owned the place and was a licensed massage therapist. She arrived in the US in 2006 after entering into marriage with Michael Webb in 2004, and she became a naturalized citized in 2012. Clearly not a victim of trafficking.
Another had been in the US since the 70's, after marrying Mac Peterson, a US citizen. She has a family in the US and there's no indication that her finances or documents are held by anyone.
Yet another has been married for 50 years, and is a grandmother.
The eldest was 74, and she was close to her family whom also lives in the US.She had stayed close with her relatives, many of whom still live in New York and New Jersey. “She got along with her family so well,” Mr. Lee said in Korean.
Of the people we have information about, the description provided by the Polaris Project of the "typical" victim of trafficking doesn't fit.
My apologies, I thought we were talking about the trade in general, not the specific victims. I looked back and notice two other posters really did say that they'd "definitely been trafficked', so now your indignance makes quite a bit more sense. That is of course a *ridiculous* statement. Mea culpa, noon for ya'll is bed time for me.
On the topic of the victims, all three locations are listed on rubmaps. However, it's not true that they'd "definitely been trafficked". If them folks have such knowledge of the inner workings of a trade that presently confounds researchers weeeell they really ought to share it with their local law enforcement officials. And, of course, with details of their citizenship status we can certainly say the chances of trafficking are quite low, ain't no need to speculate.
I was assuming they where trafficked based on the general trend of the trade in general. Whoops