Troy’s Morning Coffee Reflections

Human Trafficking is the second largest illegal trade just behind the drug trade. The State Department estimates that it is a $9.5 Billion-a-year industry- and that number may well be much larger because Human Trafficking is a well-hidden, under-reported, under-publicized and widespread crisis.

Some of the cases have been made public, such as the case of the so-called “L.A. Madam”, Maribel Rodriguez Vasquez. The 28 year old woman was part of a family-run human trafficking ring that recruited Guatemalan women and children (some that were rescued were as young as 13) to come to the U.S. under false promises of good jobs and a better life. Once the women got to the United States, they were forced to strip and prostitute themselves.

Jasmine Caldwell was 14 and selling sex on the streets when an opportunity arose to escape her pimp: an undercover policeman picked her up.

The cop could have rescued her from the pimp, who ran a string of 13 girls and took every cent they earned. If the cop had taken Jasmine to a shelter, she could have resumed her education and tried to put her life back in order.

Instead, the policeman showed her his handcuffs and threatened to send her to prison. Terrified, she cried and pleaded not to be jailed. Then, she said, he offered to release her in exchange for sex.

Afterward, the policeman returned her to the street. Then her pimp beat her up for failing to collect any money.

And then there is Katelyn’s story…

At the age of 16, bleeding, broken, stabbed and HIV positive, “I ran, but this time I guess I just didn’t run fast enough,” said Katelyn, a child sex slave.

Captured and raped at a young age from Moldova, Katelyn and her younger sister were forced into a trunk, taken to London, and then shipped to America where she was forced into sexual slavery. Overnight Katelyn went from living a life defined as a daughter and a sister to a life exploited by an international prostitution ring.

Based on tradition, if Katelyn had returned to Moldova, a small country between Russia and Romania, she would have been thrown into prison or killed. Marked as trash, her only option was to continue with the one who captured her.

Told that if she behaved well she would not be beaten or deported, Katelyn was made a fake ID and handed papers granting her access into America, and furthermore stripping from her the innocence of her childhood. At this point the joy of living life turned into the uninvited struggle for survival.

Katelyn said it was then that she learned her first lesson about life; it’s all about survival. Somehow finding the strength to fight and the ability to perform as they wished, Katelyn continued on.

Katelyn continued to perform her tasks and meet her quotas, which kept her pimp from beating her. “I got really good at it,” she said.

After years of traveling and performing sexual duties in different international and domestic cities, Katelyn was then relocated to Atlanta to live and work exclusively. While in Atlanta, she contracted HIV, turning her into a poor commodity for her pimp. It was then that the beatings began. “I can’t tell you how many fractures and bruises I have had over… the years I have been in this country”, Katelyn said.”But most importantly, I’ve always managed to survive.”

With little faith in herself, given her situation, the one thing she believed she could do was run. After several attempts at escaping, which always led to bruises and broken bones, Katelyn heard the walls crying out for her.

Next, Katelyn was relocated for the last time in her life to Houston, Texas. Etched into a bathroom wall in a New York shelter where she stopped to clean herself was an 800 number followed by the words GET OUT NOW. Katelyn said. “I was tired of digging into garbage cans for food.” The call was made, her path for freedom was discovered and she was ready to run, but she didn’t know how far she would get. After speaking with the woman on the other end of the phone, Katelyn felt encouraged and redirected toward freedom.

A mere 5′4 and 86 pounds, Katelyn was sick and frail, yet she was determined to survive. Katelyn found herself exchanging sexual deeds for a bus ticket, in order to begin her three-day journey across three states with no food.Along her journey she was beaten, but that didn’t stop her from running. Survival was her goal and the only way she knew how to achieve it was to run.

Just three hours away from the recovery home and about to board her last bus to freedom, the bus driver realized Katelyn was sick, and instead of allowing her to board the bus, he sent for medical help. Help that she desperately needed, yet time that she couldn’t spare. In fear and urgency, she escaped and continued to run. After phoning her rescuer she was informed that help was only 20 minutes away. For the next 20 minutes Katelyn ran faster than she ever had. “I had to get to her” the recovery director said.”But most importantly I had to get her away from him.”

In those 20 minutes right before her help arrived, Katelyn’s journey for survival came to a tragic end; her pimp caught her for the last time. Keeping her captive in a car and beating her, he broke her collarbone and both legs before throwing her out of the vehicle. “I ran as fast as I could,” she said. “I really did. I am so sorry, but I couldn’t run fast enough.”

Upon the discovery of her body, where she was left to die, she was returned to the hospital where it was reported that she passed away 11 hours later. In her last words to the woman that was coming to rescue her she said. “Don’t close your eyes and go to sleep and forget about me. Please don’t forget me”.

Strung together by the thread of remembrance, community leaders, politicians, celebrities, not-for profit organizations, and the media will gather in conjunction with the community to honor a valiant child’s struggle for freedom.

No longer will her running be in vain. Although her physical survival is no longer possible, her heroic attempt to escape child sex trafficking will now be seen as footsteps for all those who feel too weak to run.

DISCLAIMER: Due to the ongoing investigations regarding Katelyn’s life, confirmation of her death has not yet been obtained. Until then, Katelyn’s life will represent the thousands of child sex slaves still trapped on our streets today. All quotes and pertinent information contained in this press release regarding Katelyn’s life was obtained through recorded conversations with Katelyn directly.

Never Give Up,

Troy Dooly

Pedophiles living in Pace & Niceville Florida, neighboring towns of Destin Florida, were busted June 23, 2009. Are they your Neighbors?

Five computers and more than 400 CD’s were confiscated when a search warrant was served at Jones’ home, the news release, dated June 23, said. “Jones admitted he possessed the images during the investigation.”

The affidavit was based on the Fort Walton Beach investigator’s own findings and were supported by the Child Victim Identification Program from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the report said.

You can read the full story at North West Florida Daily News

This is just one more reason why we as parents must get off our politically correct butts, and make sure our kids are not sexting their photos to their friends.

We need to make sure when our kids are in their bedrooms with the doors shut, that they are not sneding pics across the internet into the waiting hands of sexual predators.

Personally we use two different services to protect our family.

Safe Eyes is the #1 rated monitoring software for computers and cell phones.

iCare is the #1 rated managed internet protection service for computers.

If you are not sure if you and your family are protected then contact me personally. But please don’t just do NOTHING!

Troy’s Truth: Last year the world’s largest kiddie porn ring was busted right down the road from Destin in Santa Rosa Beach. Read Here!

Never Give UP,

Troy

Sexting is the newest fad among tweens and teens, and is quickly becoming one of the top causes for teen suicide.

Have you ever thought… Where did it all start? Well as a father of six kids, five of which are young adults or teens, I think about this all the time.

I remember when I thought “Girl’s Gone Wild” and MTV’s “Spring Break” shows were cool, sexy and funny. Then, I had my first daughter, and realize, what started in the 50s with one magazine called Playboy, has turned into a multi-billion dollar exploitation of our kids.

Facts: A national survey last fall found 20 percent of teenagers said they have sent or posted online nude or semi-nude pictures of themselves, and 39 percent said they have sent or posted sexually suggestive message.

The former Porn star (I say former because she is retired) Jenna Jamison was interviewed by Bill O’Rielly not to long ago and I found her interview both enlightening and heart breaking as a father. And once again realized that Sexting, is just the next stage in an ever evolving break down in family values. It’s not the mom’s fault, or the dad’s fault, it’s BOTH!

What you don’t see in the above interview is how and why she got into porn. Read more…

Sex trafficking in Destin Florida the Crown Jewel of the Emerald Coast of Florida, could there really be teen sex trafficking there?

Watch this short video and give some thought about your home town.

Let’s hope your daughter is not the next Craig’s List advertisement. Get Involved

Never Give Up,

Troy Dooly