“Sex slavery: Living the American nightmare”

Shadowy multibillion-dollar industry far more widespread than expected.

When FBI and immigration agents arrested a 28-year-old Guatemalan woman three months ago in Los Angeles, they announced that they had shut down one of the most elaborate sex trafficking rings in the country. It was also the family business.

The woman, Maribel Rodriguez Vasquez, was the sixth member of her family to be rounded up in the two-year multi-agency investigation. Vasquez, five of her relatives and three other Guatemalan nationals were charged with 50 counts, alleging that they lured at least a dozen young women — including five minors as young as 13 years old — to the United States with promises of good jobs, only to put them to work as prostitutes. All remain in custody as investigators attempt to unravel the complex case.

Vasquez — quickly dubbed the “L.A. Madam” — attracted attention because she had been featured on the fugitive-hunting television program “America’s Most Wanted.”

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This human trafficking sex slavery isa very serious issue and I believe has very serious ties with the Porn industry as they benefit tremendously from forced women into prostitution. If it was up to me I’d have the whole thing cleaned up in 6 months. Im down for Erotica, but Porn is getting more and more degrading and dehumanizing by the minute.