Life today. and all that geffen can do is offer her a business card. but one day that card may be a lifeline to margarita or other girls like her seeking to leave the world of prostitution behind. most of your viewers need to realize, if you wake up in a strange country that you re not familiar with and you don t speak the language and the person that s keeping you tells you the police are bad, don t trust them, what are you going to do? you have no money, no support system, and you ve already been threatened. so that s the situation they re looking at. there will be no arrests here today, but for the tabc the visit is still a successful one. inspectors uncover numerous electrical and fire code violations like this one where a series of extension cords snake power to a taco wagon in the parking lot. all in all, today s surprise visit from inspectors will set back the cantina thousands of dollars in fines.
From aids or whatever. anyway, the problem is getting to the victims and getting them to understand that we re here to help them. harris county attorney linda geffen gets a firsthand look at the girls who work at the cantina. she s trying to make a connection to encourage one of them to get out of the life. you can see the ones in there that are prostitutes and the ones that aren t. if you walk up and look at them, they ll look down like this. that s the ones you need to talk to. with the help of jose, geffen zeros in on a couple of the younger girls. this is virginia from mexico. she says she s 25 years old. so do you work here? she takes care of the little babies. babysitter. do you work here as a waitress, too? what else do you do for work?
Getting to the victims and getting them to understand that we re here to help them. harris county attorney linda geffen gets a firsthand look at the girls who work at the cantina. she s trying to make a connection to encourage one of them to get out of the life. you can see the ones in there that are prostitutes and the ones that aren t. if you walk up and look at them, they ll look down like this. that s the ones you need to talk to. with the help of jose, geffen zeros in on a couple of the younger girls. this is virginia from mexico. she says she s 25 years old. so do you work here? she takes care of the little babies. babysitter. do you work here as a waitress, too? okay. what else do you do for work?
i mean, nobody comes to do their business. right. everybody is talking the same way. they re all babysitters. after talking to a half dozen girls, jose finally contacts one who admits to having sex for money. margarita is surprisingly up front about her situation. she say, yes, she come here and she drinking and sometimes she go out with the men and they pay her $50. unfortunately, margarita is not quite ready to change her life today. and all that geffen can do is offer her a business card. but one day that card may be a lifeline to margarita or other
most of the girls will deny any involvement in prostitution. i mean, nobody comes to do their business. right. everybody is talking the same way. they re all babysitters. after talking to a half dozen girls, jose finally contacts one who admits to having sex for money. margarita is surprisingly up front about her situation. she say, yes, she come here and she drinking and sometimes she go out with the men and they pay her $50. unfortunately, margarita is not quite ready to change her life today. and all that geffen can do is offer her a business card.