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Skilled masters manipulate the child and adult victims of human trafficking

by Kirsten Akens

At 15, Theresa Flores was a sophomore in high school, living with her parents and three younger brothers in Birmingham, Mich. Her father, a corporate executive, was transferred a lot, and so by the time the family landed in the upper-middle-class Detroit…

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Tags: Cover Story, Chris Burns, Colorado Springs Police Department, Theresa Flores, human trafficking, Betty Edwards, Youth With a Mission, Zonta, Craigslist, CoNEHT, Helen Smithwick, Human Trafficking Task Force

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