Escaping The Blade: Sacramento sex trafficking problem

Escaping The Blade: KCRA 3 Investigates documentary details dire Sacramento sex trafficking problem

KCRA 3 Investigates spent a year talking to survivors, advocates, lawmakers and law enforcement about the problems they're seeing on the streets and what they think needs to change.

Drivers might not know it while passing by, but many of the victims are being watched by traffickers who will later take their money and threaten them with violence.

It's a problem everyone wants to fix, but not everyone agrees on how. Years ago, California law decriminalized prostitution for minors. It's a law meant to protect victims but advocates say it can also complicate their efforts to deliver services to young girls in that life.

In the past several years, laws meant to crack down on the issue have faced roadblocks at California's Capitol. That means most traffickers are let out of prison long before their original sentence.

KCRA 3 Investigates spent a year talking to survivors, advocates, lawmakers and law enforcement about the problems they're seeing on the streets and what they think needs to change.

https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-escaping-the-blade-sex-trafficking/60817243