Helping sex trafficking victims in Colombia
Tracking Human Trafficking • 4m 4s
Over six million Venezuelans have fled the political and economic turmoil in their country. Migration makes women and children vulnerable to predatory sex traffickers. One Colombian woman has been working to help victims of sex trafficking, as growing number of migrants has become victims.
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