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While dozens, if not hundreds of organizations focus on identifying and reporting potential victims, very few identify the root cause of sex-trafficking, namely, the Johns. The customers.

So, who are the men who build sex-trafficking into such a lucrative business? In fact, it's even more profitable than the drug trade. When a drug dealer sells a gram of coke, it's consumed. It's gone. He has to buy another supply. When a pimp sells his girl to a john, he sells her over and over and over again.

If we could just identify the johns and arrest and/or rehabilitate them, the sex-trafficking crime would end. Who are these people? What kind of man buys another human being for his pleasure? What kind of man pays to have sex with a child? What kind man pays to beat a defenseless woman?

In this podcast, I have a verbally graphic conversation about johns with a woman who knew them intimately for fifteen years. Her name is Katarina MacLeod. Her descriptions and story are hellish, and in the end, positive and uplifting, especially for women who have escaped, "the game" as she calls it.

A word of warning. You may find some of Kat's descriptions, at least, uncomfortable.

But please listen. If you can help or NEED help, go to www.risingangels.net

Human trafficking AKA sex-trafficking is still a growing crime, in spite of the hundreds of trafficking awareness organizations throughout Canada and the USA.  I’m not sure we will ever stamp out sex-trafficking,  but we can all work to decrease it with education. Remember, knowledge is power. In my opinion, mainstream media including radio and tv and even social media are not doing to enough to inform young people about the slick perils that out there, in their own neighborhoods and even in the schools.  However, one organization that is working to get the word out, on the road and in our faces, is a group entitled, Know Human Trafficking. KNOWHUMANTRAFFICKING.COM is Ontario based.  

One of the primary methods that they utilize to they get the word out is with huge traveling billboards….in other words, on the sides and back of commercial trailers.  Getting those trailers wrapped would be tough to accomplish without the help of one generous lady, Angela Baltkois. She is a wrapper. No, not like Snoop Dogg. Her company wraps those 18-wheeler trailers with the anti- human traffic awareness messages. Listen as Angela explains who this all works.

We thank Angela for her donations and support in the fight against human trafficking.  We also need to thank the various fleet owners who provide their trailers. as well as Shelly walker, founder of knowhumantrafficking

Ellen Voie is the Founder of Women in Trucking (WIT) that promotes and support women in non-traditional trucking careers. She has worked tirelessly to change the stereotypical image of the truck driver. In 2002, Ellen stepped down as the President & CEO of Women in Trucking but continues to promote the trucking industry as a great place for women to find a rewarding career. She is also active in working to change legislation on a state and federal level to improve the lives of everyone in the trucking industry. In fact, although the organization is, Women in Trucking, over 17% of the WIT organization is composed of men.

Ellen is a vibrant, active woman with a positive attitude and a sense of humor, evident in the many times we have spoken to her previously. We have talked about trucking issues, but this time, we discovered more about Ellen personally. Listen to what we have discovered.

Her name...Julie. You are her proud father of your bright, outgoing, attractive daughter, but one night, she doesn't return home. Six days later, Julie's battered body is found in a ditch. You discover that your daughter, your beloved flesh and blood was kidnapped, tortured and raped. How do you deal with deal with this unspeakable horror? For this father, inspired by Julie's message to him, he became a crusader for justice for violence against women and for victims and the victim's families. He became an advocate for the families who have suffered from the loss of a child or a spouse. He is senator Pierre Boisvenu. Although he just retired, he has not given up the fight to put more teeth in the laws that should put murderers, human traffickers and those convicted of spousal abuse and murder in prison for longer sentences. Those who lead anti-trafficking organization owe a debt of gratitude to Senator Boisvenu,a ti former MP, Joy Smith for enacting laws that out traffickers behind bars. Stan Campbell talks to Senator Pierre Boisvenu.

This is another in our TNT series on women in non-traditional trades and careers. We decided to call them TNT Women. The Non Traditional. This week, we talk to a lady who has chosen a career that places her among men…often tough strong males. She chose to be a mechanic…and not just any Toyota or Chevy Malibu mechanic. That would be non-traditional enough….no she chose to be study and become a truck mechanic…and not just a Ford F-150 truck…we're talking a big rig truck mechanic. Her name is Alex Kis. I wanted to know how she survived in an all class male class…and then after a successful graduation, how touch was it to get hired in a male dominated field. How would she be accepted in a testosterone filled environment out there on the floor in the shop. She has quite a story to tell.