Anyone can be a victim of human trafficking or exploitation. In Into STOLEN Episode One, Monica Dean and Tom Jones explain the issue in a new way by hearing from a survivor. And an expert in the field goes into the psychology behind this complex issue, how it happens, the myths surrounding the issue and how virtually anyone can become a victim.

Show Notes:

• Link to Watch Episode One
• Who’s at risk and warning signs
• What do you do and where do you turn if you believe someone you love is a victim
• QUIZ - what do you know about sex trafficking?

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Go into how the NBC7 STOLEN team uncovered never before seen evidence linking exploitation to nearly every school district in San Diego County. Also, a behind-the-scenes discussion about an unforgettable moment in the STOLEN series that happened during a ride-along with a survivor pointing out well-known sex trafficking hot spots in San Diego.

Show Notes: 

• Link to Watch Episode Two
• What do you do and where do you turn if you believe someone you love is a victim
• Link to Journey to Freedom Experience
• QUIZ - what do you know about sex trafficking?

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“Does your child have social media? Because if they do they’re being targeted.” Those are words from an undercover sergeant with San Diego County’s Human Trafficking Task Force who joined us in-studio to share some advice for parents. Hear his first-hand experience about what they’re seeing on the streets, online and the overwhelming task of trying to police this issue.

Show Notes: 

• Link to Watch Episode Three
• QUIZ - what do you know about sex trafficking?
• 11 Lesser Known Apps that Could Expose Your Child to Trafficking
• What do you do and where do you turn if you believe someone you love is a victim
• Link to Journey to Freedom Experience

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Learn the back-story behind how NBC7’s Monica Dean and Tom Jones found a wealthy San Diego CEO who faced no criminal charges after admitting to prosecutors he had sex with two teenage girls. Hear more of the jailhouse recordings of a convicted trafficker that cracked this case open and learn how journalists gathered the elements for this story in a year-long investigation.

Show Notes: 

• Link to Watch Episode Four
• QUIZ - what do you know about sex trafficking?
• What do you do and where do you turn if you believe someone you love is a victim
• Link to Interactive ‘Journey to Freedom Experience’

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Since the coronavirus pandemic sent more kids online than ever before, thousands of teenagers are vulnerable to exploiters through their social media profiles. NBC7's Tom Jones and Monica Dean go in-depth with an expert who is using technology to spot the vulnerable online. He shares risk factors and warning signs everyone should know about.

Show Notes: 

• Link to Watch Episode Five
• Trafficking During COVID-19
• Who’s at risk and warning signs
• What do you do and where do you turn if you believe someone you love is a victim
• It Starts With A Conversation: How to Protect Your Child From Trafficking
• 11 Lesser Known Apps that Could Expose Your Child to Trafficking
• QUIZ - what do you know about sex trafficking?
• Link to Interactive ‘Journey to Freedom Experience’

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What role does our culture play in driving the illegal sex trade? We’re taking you behind the scenes of San Diego County’s “traffic school” for convicted sex buyers and talking with a Grammy award-winning musician who’s hoping to shift pop culture to help fight sex trafficking. NBC7 Investigates Executive Producer Tom Jones and NBC7 Anchor Monica Dean go into episode six of the documentary series "STOLEN."

Show Notes: 

• Link to Watch Episode Six
• What do you do and where do you turn if you believe someone you love is a victim
• Link to Interactive ‘Journey to Freedom Experience’
• QUIZ - what do you know about sex trafficking?

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What’s being done to help prevent sex trafficking, educate our youth and support survivors? Is it enough? NBC 7’s Monica Dean and Tom Jones sit down with Marjorie Saylor and Susan Johnson, two leaders in the fight against trafficking in San Diego County to learn more about what's being done and how you can be part of the solution.

Show Notes: 

• Link to Watch Episode Seven
• How You Help In The Fight Against Trafficking
• What do you do and where do you turn if you believe someone you love is a victim
• Link to Interactive ‘Journey to Freedom Experience’
• QUIZ - what do you know about sex trafficking?

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Our goal for Into San Diego was to create a series highlighting some of San Diego’s most under-reported stories. And in the next week, we’ll be doing just that with a new mini-series that our NBC 7 team has been working on for more than a year. It’s called STOLEN. 

The documentary series lays out a year-long investigation into the sex trafficking and exploitation of children in San Diego County and across the U.S. STOLEN is told from the perspective of survivors, advocates -- even traffickers and sex buyers. The series celebrates the strength of survivors and their families, as they struggle to break the bonds of sex trafficking. And with kids going back to school online, experts say they are at risk now more than ever before.

You can watch the documentary series here on August 20. Afterwards, come back to this podcast feed. Here, we’ll have companion episodes that go behind the scenes of each episode of STOLEN, including conversations with some of the experts and survivors featured in the series.

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On April 27, 2019, a 19-year-old walked into the Chabad of Poway synagogue and opened fire; killing one woman and injuring others, including the synagogue’s Rabbi. Through the sorrow, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein had a message for San Diego and grew to become an international symbol of peace. But prosecutors say he had a dark secret. Just weeks ago, Rabbi Goldstein pleaded guilty for his involvement in an elaborate scheme to steal thousands of dollars from taxpayers and his own synagogue. In this week’s episode of Into San Diego, we’re breaking down how investigators say the scheme worked, the major players involved, and the response from the local community. Join us as we go Into Years of Fraud: A Wounded Rabbi Admits to Wrongdoing.

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A San Diego Starbucks barista had his world turned upside down when he was at the center of a viral Facebook post that captured the nation and users online across the globe. In the post, the local barista refused service to a woman who wasn’t wearing a mask. The woman shared a photo of him online, trying to shame him for doing his job, but the plan backfired when thousands of strangers came to the barista’s defense. In this week’s episode of Into San Diego, we’re going into that viral phenomenon and hearing directly from that barista, Lenin Gutierrez. Hear why he thinks he garnered the support of millions of people online and the exact moment his life changed from the generosity of people he never met. Lenin’s full story hasn’t been told, until now.

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