Newport News,VA man indicted on sex trafficking charges

Each year an estimated 800,000 to 900,000 human beings are bought, sold, or forced across the world's borders 2003 U.S. State Department estimate. Among them are hundreds of thousands of teenage girls, and others as young as 5, who fall victim to the sex trade.
There's a evil in the abuse and exploitation of the most innocent and vulnerable. The victims of the sex trade see little of life before they see the very worst of life, an underground of brutality and lonely fear. Those who create these victims and profit from their suffering must be severely punished. Those who patronize this industry debase themselves and deepen the misery of others.