Sex trafficking victim: ‘It happens in every community’

SCHENECTADY – Salka Valerio recounted running away at 14 years old with a high school friend from her Virginia hometown to New York, to what she thought would be a safe place with his aunt and uncle. That fateful decision set the teen on harrowing path where she bounced around between several pimps and was “trafficked on the street at different underground strip clubs” throughout several downstate boroughs. Keep...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – North Carolina is one of the top ten states for human trafficking. Charlotte, as its biggest city, is a hotbed. On WBTV News Wednesday at 11 p.m., we introduced you to “Katie.” We have to keep her identity hidden because her story is chilling, and abusive. What she says shatters… Keep...

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Newsletter Spring...

Sheila Wood takes reins of SAFE Inc. When the weather gets warm, Sheila Wood wants to have a cookout outside the emergency shelter for homeless, runaway and “throwaway” youth, conveying soft power to the community through grilled hamburgers and hot dogs. Read More at The Daily...

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