Human Trafficking

Hello. As a Free Lance Journalist and Photo Journalist, I have seen some very disturbing couples, families, single parents with children, etc.. Labor Day weekend at the ocean, I saw a man with a little girl about 8 years old. Something was not right, and as we came face to face in passing, the little girl was not wearing a top to her 2 piece bathing set.
Last year, as I was out on a Friday night, in Dallas, I passed a man with a little girl of about 4 or 5 years old. When I next saw them, he was taking pics of her in suggestive/seductive poses. He did escape with her, but was tipped off that I was watching and following him.
Thus, I want to know and want to know that what I am seeing, observing, is what I know is not right.

Hello Mr.Marija, you were definately right, it took you with a suprise,perhaps that is not the way people should live in the community, Old people must take little girls as their real daughters, i would call it child trafficking.We need a concrete ways on how to combat the situation as it seems so alarming even in our African societies.

Mr.Mrija, sorry the comment i made were to go to Mary Louis Harp in regards to what she wrote.

Have we yet begun the course?

To the person who replied using the word "Old": if the fresh out of high school students, others, are not grounded in behavioral studies or behavioral science, they are just as dangerous to society as those involved with human trafficking. Age is not the success factor. The factor for success is being grounded in behavioral science to know what you see, or being an air head and zealot on a witch hunt, a Barney Fife or trigger happy. More harm than good will be the outcome by someone heady with a mission for sensationalism. Those to be saved will be lost with irreparable harm to the project.

Dear Fellow Students and our Course leader Marija,
A big hello from Paro. I am journalist from India where trafficking especially of women and children is a big issue. Children are usually sold to do bonded labour and women become prostitutes. I just finished reading the Personal Story HT.pdf; How much is a Women, Child Worth to Sex Traffickers.doc . A few preliminary observations: Is trafficking mostly about sex?
Amsterdam is a developed country with help lines and numbers for those in distress to call—why didn’t Sasha call for help?
Sasha’s father raped her and yet she calls him a good man who didn’t mean to do it. Its obvious her self esteem was so broken that could be taken in by anyone showing the remotest bit of kindness. Is this is a characteristic common among most victims?
Her repeated pregnancies: This shows how much sex education and an education that teaches respect and responsibility to our bodies is necessary. India sex education is still taboo. I wonder how much this lack of knowledge contributes towards trafficking.
I would like more information about The Protection Project. How do they put a victim at ease?
Thank you,
Paro

Hi everyone,
I just joined the course today so I'm playing catch up. I look forward to the course. BTW, I'm Veronica and I live in the United States.