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Luis CdeBaca, the Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Human trafficking (that’s a big title!) was recently interviewed by The Daily Beast.  The article is well-written and informative about many issues surrounding human trafficking.  However, I would like to highlight one quote from the Ambassador:

“I’ve seen [the survivor's] potential, and once we break the power of the trafficker, I think that’s the thing that drives me. It’s not seeing them when they’re handcuffed to the radiator or when they’re suffering and bleeding. It’s seeing them five years later, when they’re working with other victims. When they’re opening their own little businesses. It’s seeing the person who’s terrified and afraid of their own shadow, totally dependent upon the agent or the nonprofit lawyer who’s helping; you see her a few years later, and you’re like, wow!”

That is what drives us at Stop Traffick Fashion, as well!  We need to focus on the hope and change that is possible in order to make progress in the fight.

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