Sep
11
2009
Theresa Flores was drugged, raped, photographed and blackmailed into commercial sex when she was 15.
Human trafficking is the world’s dirty little secret according to Emily Hill, who has met survivors in Asia whose parents sold them into slavery.
“It’s estimated to be about 27 million people enslaved around the world,” Hill said. “I just knew in my heart I had to do something.”
Hill started a business, called Stop Traffick. She works with international charitable groups to market jewelry and handbags crafted by women who were rescued from prostitution and slavery.
“They’re paid a fair wage to make these products, so that they can create a sustainable income for their family and they won’t be at risk for being trafficked again,” Hill said. “To be a part of that hope that they have and give them that opportunity, it’s really a good feeling.”
Hill sells the goods online.
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