i will say it to people listening out there that human trafficking is real, and all they need to do is just take one step back. and ask themselves, would they want their daughters to be in that kind of situation? and those that have the ability to stop this should do everything they can to stop this. for now, the problem of human trafficking in america is a growing one, and the battlefield is a growing one, involving tens of thousands of victims, many scarred for life. some lost, others dead. each day, law enforcement is winning small victories, closing down the sunflower massage parlor, and the legal battle to win lily s freedom from human servitude. it is victories like these that will help win the war against human trafficking.
no one should tolerate anybody being used as a sex slave. i will say it to people listening out there that human trafficking is real, and all they need to do is just take one step back. and ask themselves, would they want their daughters to be in that kind of situation? and those that have the ability to stop this should do everything they can. for now, the problem of human trafficking in america is a growing one, and the battlefield nationwide involving tens of thousands of victims. many scarred for life. some lost, others dead. each day, law enforcement is winning small victories, closing down the sunflower massage parlor, and the legal battle to win lily s freedom from human servitude. it is victories like these that will help win the war against human trafficking.
today lily is in the u.s. on a legal visa and works as a nanny in san francisco. my life now is very happy and i have my baby and my husband is also here. so, it s now it s really happy that my life is really changed. it is not forever. four years. while lily s story of modern-day slavery was resolved happily, she says that she represents a tien fi fraction of those who suffered. lu says for every lily there are hundreds of workers trapped in servitude and sex slavery in the u.s. who aren t empowered enough to run and seek help. a big problem for a lot of clients, if you are in a country where you feel the laws aren t going to text you will never feel safe. inspections, please open the door. coming up, san francisco s health department cracks down on human trafficking in the city by the bay.
san francisco area. but kourgt to a 2004 report from the u.s. department of justice, an estimated 14 to 17,000 people are trafficked in to the united states every year. making the crime as prevalent as homicide. put to work in popular restaurants, major hotel chains and factories. these silent victims says lu are the human cost of the prices customers pay for food and services in big cities like san francisco. we have seen anyone as young as 7 and anyone as old as 75 years old, men and women. we have also seen sex trafficking cases, but also a lot of labor cases involving domestic servitude, hotel and restaurant work. reporter: lu says when they are wealthy foreigners or diplomates they have little incentive to respect u.s. laws. exhausted and alone after two years lily worked up the nerve
to be in that kind of situation? we should all, those that have the ability to stop it should do everything they can to put an end to it. for now, the problem of human trafficking in america is a growing one. and the battlefield is nationwide involving tens of thousands of victims, many scarred for life some lost others dead. each day law enforcement is winning small victories, closing down the sunflower massage parlor and the legal battle to win lily s freedom from human servitude. it is victories like these that will help win the war against human trafficking.