Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Tonight were going to bring you a really powerful and eyeopening report that might challenge everything you think you know about prostitution. Its the latest in our series hidden america. And im here with our colleague diane sawyer. Welcome back, diane. So great to see you, juju. Its always great to have you on nightline. But i know this is also a story that we both care very deeply about. We have covered it over the years and weve talked about it all around the world. But tonight, sex trafficking, something happening right here at home. Our colleague nick kristof of the New York Times and his wife cheryl wudon have made a remarkable documentary called a path appears. And they have been following women, often very young girls, locked into a life of prostitution by highly skilled profiteers pimps. And youre going to hear nick argue when you look closely these women are in fact not criminals but hostages walking among us. By night and by day across the country Young American girls controlled by pimps are sent out to have sex for money. Sometimes 20 men a night. You had to make at least 1,000 a day. There was no days off. You had to sleep with 10 to 20 strangers per night. Id probably have up to like 20. I was so exhausted. I didnt want to do it anymore. He hit me a few times. And then he had a gun and hed point it at me and he was like you need to do what i say. He was like i will kill you. Reporter savannah was looking at websites when she was lured away. A study says the average age a girl enters prostitution is 12 to 14 years old. So one day i think i was 13. I didnt really know a lot about anything. I went online and i wanted to i dont know how i came across like this website for like you know like sugar daddies. I didnt know that i would have to have sex with them. I just thought they were going to i dont know what i was thinking. But i just thought that, you know, they would buy me stuff just because i was pretty. I dont know. I still did not understand what was happening, like completely even though i went to the hotel room, until it happened. Reporter and that is just one way pimps lay the trap. Again, its not that bad. Reporter at new Yorks Port Authority two plainclothes officers, Sergeant Hector martinez and officer jack collins, tell me we are surrounded by pimps just out of sight who come here to stalk runaways. The pimps can spot them immediately. Youre in a kind of race against pimps. Absolutely. The greyhound. Wannabe pimps, recruiters. Now, they watch. Reporter the officers try to intervene. A lot of the kids are from foster care. A lot have been sexually abused. And the predators know exactly what they hope to hear. They sell them on the idea of a warm place to stay for a night. The possibility, potential for romance. Maybe earning some money. Reporter so these officers may be the last chance before a girl disappears into the shadows. Maria has been looking for her daughter, who ran away when she was 15. I havent heard from her. Reporter in this documentary a path appears, nick yiftoff continues his lifetime mission, going in search of missing girls. With an anxious mother looking on, he searches some of the websites where the girls are most often advertised. He spots a picture and the offer mixed latina catering to your needs. Latina catering to your needs. Emily. Can you click on it . Yeah. Do you recognize yeah. Well, let me see and then ill ill maria. Maria. Thats her. You have to make sure. Oh, [ bleep ]. Okay. Thats her. Oh my okay. Now we found her. We found her. But listen. Now we have her. Now we have her. [ bleep ]. We found her. What happened with these men . Will we find them too . As he continues his search nick tells maria her daughter has been trafficked in more than one state. So she was taken to New Hampshire as well. And theres another girl with the same phone number. At least one. Maybe a couple. So its evidently somebody whos running a couple of girls. And you know. Reporter its big business. A pimp can pull into a truck stop with an rv full of seven girls and make 1,400 an hour. This fundamental misperception that somehow a pimm. And this girl are dividing up money or something. Every penny she earns goes to the pimp. Every penny. And if she holds him back or she doesnt meet her quota that she is given, whatever, 700 800 that day, then she is going to be beaten up. Reporter in the documentary a former young girl on the street named shawna drives her car to an area she knows is frequented by pimps. One pimp used to call her shelly money. You remember me . Yes. Who am i . I dont remember your name. Shelly money. What are you doing . You got a girl out here . Three . Three girls. You waiting on one to come back now . Yeah. Reporter in the car with her, a longtime activist actress ashley judd. How much do you expect her to bring . 40. No less. So if she comes back with more than 40, do you expect shed be up front with you and give you the full or is she only going to give you 40 because thats her minimum . Im taking care of her. A room and a place thats safe to stay. And drugs. So you know. The one youre waiting on now, whats her habit . Everybodys using crack. Everybody. So you supply her dope . And if she comes back with less than 40, i mean god forbid whats going to happen . Ive got a different system than other people. I try to treat them right. Like in the morning they want to eat. I give them a v8 or orange juice. Reporter as we said its big profit supported by the thousands of men buying sex every day. The chance that any one of those is going to be arrested is infinitely lower than the chances theyll be struck by lightning. Reporter last year in one new York City Court more than 400 charged with prostitution offenses but only 10 accused of being pimps or johns. In 19 states they tried something different. Highly publicized stings on the johns. This is chicago, cook county. Predictably, the men arrested say this is their first time. First time. First time ever . Or first time getting caught . First time ever. How many times per month do you think would you say you do this . Never. Theres not really a demographic. You know, occupation, doctors, lawyers, police. The sheriff says he always asks the men a memorably trick question. Would they like to avoid the fee for having their car towed . One of the things we always offer them as opposed to the 500 fee to get your car back well allow you to call your wife and have her pick your car up. And not one has ever taken us up on it. Reporter so in cities across the country thousands of young girls are at the crossroads. Were back at new Yorks Port Authority, where the predators are stalking. I see a girl alone, wonder if shes okay. Im looking at that girl over there. Give me a sec if you want me to go do my thing. Sure. Why not . Hey. How are you doing, hon . Im sorry to bother you. Youre not in trouble or anything. Thank you very much. I really appreciate it. Reporter her i. D. Says she is 19. Older than she looks. And she says she has a j the terminal. But for these two officers a night has just begun. Last year 69 runaways were pulled to safety. One to three runaways a week. And most of those would be trafficked if you hadnt intervened . Absolutely. Either theyre about to be trafficked, they are being trafficked or theyre out there living the life. Reporter around the corner from the port authority, Covenant House, one of the largest shelters for atrisk youth. Jane biggleson says she hears from the girls who fell victim how easy it was. One person says he was the first person ever to give me a birthday cake. He was they know what the young person needs. If they were gun traffickers out there, we would find ways to get them out of the picture. But somehow if its people who are trafficking 15yearold girls then somehow thats not enough of a priority and so we regret it but theyre still out there. Reporter Covenant House tries to provide housing, therapy, the real help in life only promised by pimps. Are homegrown american girls. Its basically seen as a public nuisance issue rather than as a human rights problem. Reporter shawna, who started at age 14 remembers the day she couldnt take it anymore. She says after 22 years she was here, waiting above a filling station. You know, i was so tired. And i was like if you are a god, save me. I walked back out to the road right out there and the police picked me up and took me to jail. And i was so tired i just couldnt do it anymore. Reporter as shes driving she sees a woman she recognizes on the street someone who was also once young and had a different life ahead of her. Clean for three years now. Well im not. Get away from me. When you get im not a ho no more. When you get tired, let whats your number . 320. I am tired. Are you tired . Yes. Are you ready to go today . No. No . Im tired. I want to get well. Go on. I love you. Ive been there. I know. God. She used to be so beautiful. I dont know an easy way to walk away and beautiful as the young girls back at home tonight. The mother whose daughter was seen on that website. And that young girl who didnt know it would be about sex. I love you. Who found her way home to her mother. And as beautiful as the young girls still lost in the shadows. And Nick Kristofs documentary a path appears premieres on pbs monday night, juju. Thanks so many, diane. A remarkable piece of reporting. Well be back. But then we started using ky yours and mine we were nervous to try it. 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