You hear all over social media, and news to guard children against sex trafficking, but what does that mean? Victims Advocate for Human Traffic Victims and Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Terri Madrid joins the Chaves County CASA team to define what types of trafficking are taking place and who is falling prey. We also discuss the role online pornography, and social media play in normalizing and fueling this epidemic. Listen to this episode to educate yourself on what to look our for and how to support survivors. 

Episode Highlights 

1:00 - Our guest Terri Madrid shares what her role is in New Mexico’s fight against child abuse

3:00 - Understanding the different types of trafficking that takes place 

6:30 - Where abuses are finding victims - it’s not where you think 

8:30 - Some of the myths around human trafficking

10:30 - The void a trafficker can fill in a person’s life

13:00 - Natasha recalls cases that she wished she had known more about trafficking since they don’t always look familiar

14:45 - Women are not the only victims 

16:45 - Why teen prostitution is still trafficking 

19:30 - Why professionals struggle to answer some of these questions as well

22:00 - Situations where victims will defend the abuse they are experiencing

25:00 - Terri shares how social media plays a part in trafficking

27:30 - We hear about venerable Native populations - Is this on the rise? 

29:00 - The role policy and culture plays a part in supporting Native healing after escaping trafficking

31:00 - Healing survivors in a variety of communities 

34:30 - Being supportive without asking questions

36:00 - The risk factors that we should be looking for as community members

39:00 - Supporting LBGTQ+ teens that are falling into these high risk cycles. 

43:00 - Consumers of pornography are contributing to the trafficking epidemic of Child Sex Abuse Material

45:00 - When viewers escalate their addictions the feed the need for more people to participate in trafficking

47:30 - How social justice movements are negatively impacting the way children value themselves

48:45 - The websites fueling and normalizing trafficking

53:00 - Making sure we have a label for this so we can educate individuals