Awareness is key in the fight to end sex trafficking, according to suburban advocates assisting victims
Though she once walked the streets selling her body, Becky Zeller today hits the streets to help trafficking victims.
"I had no idea about anything," Zeller, now 37, recalls."For all those years I was out there ... in all those states, I was prostituting, and I had no idea there were programs out here like this. "As long as there's demand, there will always be a supply," said Simone Halpin, co-founder and executive director of Naomi's House, adding that the collar counties rank among the highest in the state when it comes to purchasing sex.
"Women have difficulty identifying that they had a choice in the matter," Halpin said."They don't identify as a survivor ... that comes much later in the healing." "I thought I was in love," she said, noting she never saw a penny of what she made, not even to buy clothes."He had me hypnotized." "We focus a lot on building healthy relationships," said Cassandra Ma, executive director of the Lombard-based organization.
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