In Omaha NE tonight, a local television station is airing a special on sex slavery. Look up "Omaha, sex trafficking" and you will find many results going back a few years. I've copied one below (edited for brevity).
Consider this information in light of Hillary and corporate media's response to questions about Alefantis,, their breathless defense of his pizza shop, and the Podesta emails.
This is the man they're putting their reputations on the line for, whilst seeming to uphold the contention that child trafficking is an absurd accusation on its face:
NEBRASKA (NTV) — Right now, there is sex for sale somewhere in Nebraska. It’s a crime that plays out in parking lots, at truck stops, in hotels and homes; but it’s not always between two consenting adults, like we see with prostitution.
Instead, experts say it’s often human trafficking, someone being held prisoner and forced into a life they never wanted to be a part of.
“Where it’s red there’s really a huge demand, and there’s Hastings and Grand Island, there’s demand for sex there,” said Anna Brewer, who worked with the FBI for 20 years.
Research done by Creighton University, shows that sex is advertised online in nearly every part of the state.
“To think that the community you live in, Kearney, Lexington, Grand Island; there’s demand for sex there,” said Brewer. “If there was no demand, the traffickers would not bring these girls to these small rural areas.”
For 6 years, Brewer led the FBI’s Omaha Child Exploitation Task Force, and investigated sex trafficking cases across the country. She says gone are the days of people circling blocks looking for sex; today, you can scroll through ads on your phone and pick a human being to buy.
“80% of sex trafficking happens on the internet. It’s not the traditional walking the street like it used to be,” said Brewer.
According to research done by Creighton University, funded by the Women’s Fund of Omaha, there are 900 people for sale online every month in Nebraska, and almost all of them are female.
[And from an earlier article, "The Creighton Human Trafficking Initiative has identified over 2,200 human beings for sale in Omaha"]
“The ads will use words as fresh, new, new meat, virgin; words like that to insinuate that they’re young,” said Brewer. “That speaks to the demand. Who do the buyers want? Often times they identify them as being 18, because that’s the barley legal age to be able to post online. When we see 18, that’s a huge indicator that it could be someone underage.”
Men and women exploiting strangers; and even parents selling their own kids right here in central Nebraska.
Back in 2013, a Franklin County mother was sentenced to 80 years in prison for trafficking her two children to her boyfriend and people she met online.
In May of 2012, Michelle Randall put a personal ad on Craigslist offering female companionship in the Kearney area. She then offered the sexual services of her 14-year-old daughter to an undercover officer posing as a man answering the ad.
Court records show she also arranged for multiple men to have sex with her 7-year-old daughter in exchange for cash on several occasions, and the Upland woman sent pornographic pictures of her children to several men. Records say, at times she would watch them have sex and even join in.
Victims are often young and vulnerable; and traffickers use a number of tactics to establish control, including violence, threats and manipulation.
“If for example you were to look at an ad for a person on January 1, and then you looked for them a week later, and then a week later, and then a week later. You would see them moving across the country. You would see them in Denver one week, in Omaha the next week, in Chicago the next week, and then Philadelphia the next week; and when you look at that, that’s I-80,” said Brewer.
“You don’t have to be in an urban area,” said Brewer. “At the end of the day, the trafficker’s motivation is money. Money, money, money, money, money. There such little risk involved and such great reward in trafficking human beings.”
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DustyRadio ago
Go to any well traveled truck stop along any major highway, sit by the bathrooms and watch. You will see young girls with a handler come and go. I witnessed this about 4 years ago on I-95. I went in to use the facilities and there was a girl who couldn't have been more than 14 dressed in really high heels and a very short tight skirt that was standing by the men's bathroom entrance. She was there when I used the bathroom and still there when I was done, and this really haggard woman was standing next to her. Her back was against the wall and they appeared to be lounging there.
I remember being so struck by how odd it seemed to me (she was all glitzy in heavy makeup too, I guess to make her look older- she looked like my little sister did when she played in mom's makeup) that I sat in the coffee area and watched carefully. I sat for 25 minutes and she never left her post. The woman with her started glaring me down (maybe she thought I was undercover or something) and she abruptly yanked the girls arm and then dragged her out to the parking lot. I waited for a minute and then went out to see if I could get a license plate number to call and give the cops, but they vanished.
At the time trafficking never really occurred to me, I thought it was just someone pimping a girl out. I am ashamed that I couldn't do anything and I failed in doing anything about it. I honestly had never encountered anything like that in real life and didn't know what to do. This whole PG thing has made me think about that girl and I wish I had done something, anything.
crystalclearme ago
Forgive yourself. I have a question though and it probably is a naive one but ok say you are there or I am there and we suspect someone under 18 is being trafficked- say we watch them go into a restroom or car or somewhere to have sex. Say you or I call 911----- or what if we take video or we have pics to show or pics of license plate ...Is that a good idea? I say absolutely yes. But what if the police are crooked? Is this a valid way for citizens who just happen to be at a truck stop to be involved in ending this evil?
DustyRadio ago
I don't know. And I have no idea what the cops would have said or how they would have reacted to me calling and saying I thought a girl was being pimped out at that truck stop. I would have called if I had any license number, but at that time I felt like I would have been patted on the head and sent along if I didn't have some way to validate what I saw. Now knowing how compromised the cops are, I don't know what the right answer is.
crystalclearme ago
Thanks for taking the time to answer! I wonder too. But certainly having cameras and video on our phones is helpful.