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This Is Life With Lisa Ling-20150920-06:05:00

of the night. what's a woman out at 1:46 in the morning and a line of taxis waiting to faerry them. that bar, it's the skantally clad woman by herself whispering to an older man. >> there definitely is an underbelly here, born to service all the men here. it's happening. i mean, i saw for my own eyes. >> sex trafficking happening here in wiliston and this region. after two weeks of watching from afar, wendy gets a call from a woman who wants help and has agreed to talk to us. i'm going to sit here and they're going to take a couple more minutes. when we learn the woman is only 19 years old, we decided to

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This Is Life With Lisa Ling-20150920-06:15:00

these men and women work on the front lines of the oil patch. >> it's the men that are working alongside the men that are part of the demand, that are going to hold them accountable. >> one of the things i want to open your minds to is to recognize signs and symptoms of sex trafficking, so that you guys can be aware and hold power to help. >> you all are management. is this the first time that you've heabout this happening? do you know that it's happening? >> kind of get -- you hear it, but you don't really get -- but now, they can see actual real-world stories and real accounts to match up with it. now they have to believe it. >> i know that you guys have, like, connections and can reach a lot of people. >> wendy has made this commitment and each day her army of concerned citizens is growing. >> the community is ready to take up a stand and say, we've had enough. >> yeah, exactly.

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This Is Life With Lisa Ling-20150920-05:54:00

>> at first, i didn't know what i was looking at. it was creepy, a much older man bringing a much younger female and wanting birth control. >> we are so naive in this town, and this is all so new to us. >> wendy has heard stories like these before. and that's why she's here. >> the average time a victim will go back to their abuser or trafficker is seven times before they engage in services and help. >> unlike other women i've met, wendy hasn't moved to north dakota to chase money. she came because this boom has a dark side. >> i started hearing reports girls as young as 14 were being propositioned to come and work over in the oil fields. >> i was only planning on coming out about two weeks to do some investigative work. is there sex trafficking going on here?

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This Is Life With Lisa Ling-20150920-05:56:00

because lots of men and lots of money in one area. well, that's what williston is every single day. >> lots of men away from their families, away from their wives and girlfriends. >> yep. >> and i would guarantee there are men out here who have purchased sex who never thought they would. >> how prepared do you think this region was for the scourge of sex trafficking? >> not prepared at all. >> wendy moved to north dakota on her own, and she coordinates with government agencies like the fbi. her work is unpaid. a local church has provided her with housing and a free office. >> in the whole entire state of north dakota, i am the only one, so far, that is providing direct services to victims of sex trafficking. ♪ >> in north dakota, it's winter half the year. instead of walking a strip, working girls have found another

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This Is Life With Lisa Ling-20150920-01:47:00

>> yep. >> and i would guarantee there are men out here who have purchased sex who never thought they would. >> how prepared do you think this region was for the scourge of sex trafficking? >> not prepared at all. >> wendy moved to north dakota on her own, and she coordinates with government agencies like the fbi. her work is unpaid. a local church has provided her with housing and a free office. >> in the whole entire state of north dakota, i am the only one, so far, that is providing direct services to victims of sex trafficking. ♪ >> in north dakota, it's winter half the year. instead of walking a strip, working girls have found another way to advertise their services. this is a classified website that pedals everything from used cars to apartment rentals. >> this is where the girls post

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This Is Life With Lisa Ling-20150920-01:45:00

>> we are so naive in this town, and this is all so new to us. >> wendy has heard stories like these before. and that's why she's here. >> the average time a victim will go back to their abuser or trafficker is seven times before they engage in services and help. >> unlike other women i've met, wendy hasn't moved to north dakota to chase money. she came because this boom has a dark side. >> i started hearing reports girls as young as 14 were being propositioned to come and work over in the oil fields. >> i was only planning on coming out about two weeks to do some investigative work. is there sex trafficking going on here? this is where i've been for six months, and i'm not going anywhere. >> so do you spend a lot of time in cars out here?

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This Is Life With Lisa Ling-20150920-01:56:00

ferry them. at the bar, it's the scantily-clad woman by herself, whispering to a much older man. there definitely is an underbelly here, born to service all of the men here. it's happening. i mean, i saw for my own eyes, sex trafficking happening here in williston and in this region. >> after two nights of watching activity from afar, wendy gets a call from a woman who needs her help, and she's agreed to talk to us. >> we'll have you sit here, and i'm just going to sit here. and they're going to take a couple more minutes. >> we learn that the woman is only 19 years old. we decided to disguise her identity for her own safety. >> tell me when we're good. good, tom? >> yeah.

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This Is Life With Lisa Ling-20150920-02:06:00

hold them accountable. >> one of the things i want to open your minds to is to recognize signs and symptoms of sex trafficking, so that you guys can be aware and hold power to help. >> you all are management. is this the first time that you've heard about this happening? do you know that it's happening? >> kind of get -- you hear it, but you don't really get -- but now, they can see actual real-world stories and real accounts to match up with it. now they have to believe it. >> i know that you guys have, like, connections and can reach a lot of people. >> wendy has made this commitment and each day her army of concerned citizens is growing. >> the community is ready to take up a stand and say, we've had enough. >> yeah, exactly. ♪ >> after touring her first man camp, crystal is opening up to the idea of living here.

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This Is Life With Lisa Ling-20150516-05:38:00

this region was for this surge of sex trafficking? >> not prepared at all. >> wendy moved to north dakota on her own and she coordinates with government agencies like the fbi. her work is unpaid. a local church has provided her with housing and a free office. >> in the whole entire staid state of north dakota, i am the only one, so far, that is providing direct services to victims of sex trafficking. >> in north dakota, it's winter half the year. instead of walking the strip, working girls have found another way to advertise their services. this is a classified website that pedals everything from used cars to apartment rentals. >> this is where the girls post up. >> very deep in the site are ads designed to entice lonely men. >> new, new, new asian goddess. >> look at this.

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This Is Life With Lisa Ling-20150516-05:47:00

underbelly here. the war to service all the men here. it's happening. i saw for my own eyes. sex trafficking happening here in williston and in this region. after two nights of watching activity from afar, wendy gets a call from a woman who needs her help. and she's agreed to talk to us. >> i'll have you sit here and i'm just going to sit here. and they're going to take a couple more minutes. >> we learned the woman was only 19 years old, we decided to disguise her identity for her own safety. >> tell me when we're good. are you good, tom? >> why did you come to williston? >> for a boy. i was in love, or i thought i was in love. >> but after the couple arrived in north dakota, their relationship took a violent turn

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