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Youth Radio Investigates: Trafficked Part I

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Series: Trafficked
Length: 11:45

Part One of Youth Radio's Peabody Award winning series on child prostitution in Oakland. Read the full description.

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Traff_prx_small Child prostitution goes on in America every day and every night - despite the efforts of Federal, state and local authorities. The FBI estimates 100,000 - 300,000 kids are being exploited. Through a Youth Radio special investigation: "Trafficked," we'll hear from two of them. For their safety, we're not using their real names. The girls we'll call Darlene and Brittany are originally from Oakland, California. 19 year-old Brittany and 18 year-old Darlene have been sharing their stories with Youth Radio's Denise Tejada.

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Child prostitution goes on in America every day and every night - despite the efforts of Federal, state and local authorities. The FBI estimates 100,000 - 300,000 kids are being exploited. Through a Youth Radio special investigation: "Trafficked," we'll hear from two of them. For their safety, we're not using their real names. The girls we'll call Darlene and Brittany are originally from Oakland, California. 19 year-old Brittany and 18 year-old Darlene have been sharing their stories with Youth Radio's Denise Tejada.

Broadcast History

Originally aired on NPR

Transcript

Trafficked Teen Girls Describe Life In 'The Game'
By Youth Radio

INTRO:
Child prostitution goes on in America every day and every night - despite the efforts of Federal, state and local authorities. The FBI estimates 100,000 - 300,000 kids are being exploited. Through a Youth Radio special investigation: "Trafficked," we'll hear from two of them. For their safety, we're not using their real names. The girls we'll call Darlene and Brittany are originally from Oakland, California. 19 year-old Brittany and 18 year-old Darlene have been sharing their stories with Youth Radio's Denise Tejada.
DENISE TEJADA, reporter: Darlene and Brittney were in middle school when Oakland was named one the hotspots for child prostitution. As they entered their teens, classmates talked about boyfriends who had lots of money and like most kids in the Bay Area they listened to music by Oakland rappers, whose...
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Intro and Outro

INTRO:

Child prostitution goes on in America every day and every night - despite the efforts of Federal, state and local authorities. The FBI estimates 100,000 - 300,000 kids are being exploited. Through a Youth Radio special investigation: "Trafficked," we'll hear from two of them. For their safety, we're not using their real names. The girls we'll call Darlene and Brittany are originally from Oakland, California. 19 year-old Brittany and 18 year-old Darlene have been sharing their stories with Youth Radio's Denise Tejada.

OUTRO: