After being arrested and later convicted on five counts of sex trafficking, how he compelled his victims to engage in the sex trafficking trade was brought to light, and the lessons we can take away from his crimes are valuable to fighting and ending it. Tonight we gives the survivors of Andrew Blain Fields the Last Word.

BLOG: https://www.lastwordbysl.com/post/s2-e1-andrew-blane-fields 

Sources: 

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/convicted-sex-trafficker-sentenced-more-30-years-prison

https://traffickinginstitute.org/addicted-to-you-drug-addiction-as-a-means-of-coercion/

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/lutz-fla-man-convicted-drug-distribution-and-sex-trafficking-charges

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/tampa-bay-sex-trafficker-sentenced-nearly-34-years-prison

https://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/criminal/man-convicted-of-human-trafficking-gets-34-years-in-prison/2163311/

https://www.policechiefmagazine.org/combating-drug-facilitated-sex-trafficking-of-runaway-youth/

KNOW WHAT IT IS:

Human trafficking requires the use of all or one of the following to secure any type of labor or commercial sex act - FORCE, FRAUD, or COERCION!

Take a look back with Shannon and Megan as they reflect on the past year of podcasting, how they ranked in the true crime podcasting world, and what the future holds. 

KNOW WHAT IT IS:

Human trafficking requires the use of all or one of the following to secure any type of labor or commercial sex act - FORCE, FRAUD, or COERCION!

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Blog - https://www.lastwordbysl.com/blog

Winston Burt. AKA Dice Capone, is a man out of Seattle that is sitting jail while he awaits his trail on sex trafficking charges. 

Hear the story of how one of Burt’s victims made a harrowing and courageous escape from her trafficker. 

𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘵 𝘐𝘴

𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘹 𝘢𝘤𝘵 - 𝘍𝘖𝘙𝘊𝘌, 𝘍𝘙𝘈𝘜𝘋, 𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘖𝘌𝘙𝘊𝘐𝘖𝘕! 

One man, a human trafficker, single handedly connected to a network of pedophiles, used force, fraud, and coercion to lure at least 3 known minor victims to preform commercial sexual acts through a massage parlor business he ran out of his home. This trafficker used manipulation and mental phycological warfare against his victims through discovering their vulnerabilities. Ones in which he navigated toward, he had developed a connection to the young adolescent males, who were struggling with their sexual identify. This criminal used a unique set of skills crafted over years of torture and abuse inflicted onto his victims. Until a fatal error in judgement on his part and the gut feeling of boarder agents in the UK brought him down in July of 2012.

What unfolded over the following six years would become one of the biggest human trafficking stories and conviction seen here in Texas.

Blog: https://www.lastwordbysl.com/post/s1-e20-convicted-human-trafficker-jason-gandy

Know What It Is:

Human trafficking requires the use of all or one of the following to secure any type of labor or commercial sex act – FORCE, FRAUD, or COERCION!

Anyone, of any age, any location or race, gender, sexual orientation, religious affiliations, any one from any town or country, rural to urban area, can be trafficked. This crime does not happen in a bubble. But the truth is there are certain susceptibilities which put individuals at a higher risk for being trafficked.  Join Shannon and Megan to talk about the different ways a person can fall victim to this crime. 

Know What It Is: 

Human trafficking requires the use of all or one of the following to secure any type of labor or commercial sex act – FORCE, FRAUD, or COERCION!

Last Word Blog https://www.lastwordbysl.com/blog

Exploitation through the use of drugs, or a partner using fraud to exploit their vulnerabilities, and even the unfortunate, disproportionate disadvantages plaguing the men and women who make up the native tribes; Our Mini Case Coverage episode explores three people who had situations handed to them in life which took this individuals down a path that was unforeseen by even them.

We give Tiffany Perry, Alyssa McLemore, and Jose Alfaro the Last Word.

Know What It Is: 

Human trafficking requires the use of all or one of the following to secure any type of labor or commercial sex act – FORCE, FRAUD, or COERCION!

LastWord Blog:  

Sources:

Charley Project

https://thehueandcry.com/alyssa-mclemore

https://www.dea.gov/stories/2021/2021-01/2021-01-28/violent-drug-organizations-use-human-trafficking-expand-profits

https://polarisproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Human-Trafficking-and-the-Opioid-Crisis.pdf

https://polarisproject.org/survivor-story-jose-alfaro/

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/24/999726614/growing-number-of-male-survivors-talk-about-being-a-sex-trade-victim

https://fightthenewdrug.org/men-and-boys-who-are-sex-trafficked/

https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/overview-findings-2003-national-survey-drug-use-and-health

https://www.bia.gov/service/mmu/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-people-crisis

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/10-years-later-kent-police-still-investigating-young-woman-s-disappearance/938564185/

When a 16 year old walks out of her grandparents home upset one night she heads to her sisters place, she wants to see about staying over, but when her sister says no she leaves, possibly more upset than when she arrived. She tells no one where she is going and simply vanishes into air, never to be seen or heard from again. Did she chose to walk away from all the past trauma, did something or someone alter her life, making it impossible  to speak our? What happened on October 12th 2004?

Tonight we give Samantha Tapp the Last Word.

Last Word Blog

What is Human Trafficking 

𝘒𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘵 𝘐𝘴

𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘹 𝘢𝘤𝘵  - 𝘍𝘖𝘙𝘊𝘌, 𝘍𝘙𝘈𝘜𝘋, 𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘖𝘌𝘙𝘊𝘐𝘖𝘕!