On March 10, 2017 I read an article on philly.com about the Roosevelt Inn on the 7600 block of Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/415876763.html which talks about a lawsuit filed in Philadelphia last Friday accuses the Roosevelt Inn in Northeast Philadelphia of regularly providing rooms to human traffickers who exploit girls, forcing them to be prostitutes.
In the article it states that the complaint, filed on behalf of a Philadelphia girl, who was 14 years old when she was forced into illegal sex trade in 2013 and exploited for two years, is the first such lawsuit of its kind under Pennsylvania's 2014 human trafficking statue, her attorneys say. "This lawsuit is the first among many to come that will hold hotel and motel owners, among others, accountable when they knowingly allow victimization of the most vulnerable in our society," plaintiffs attorney, Tom Kline, of Philadelphia-based Kline & Specter PC, said in a statement.
The Philadelphia girl, now 17 years old was dressed in sexually explicit clothing and was 'visibly treated in an aggressive manner' by traffickers, the statement claims, quoting from the lawsuit. Says the http://people.com/crime/philadelphia-motel-allegedly-allowed-teen-girl-sex-trafficking/ the suit further alleges they failed to intervene or contact police and continued to pocket revenue from the room rentals, as the teen was trafficked. Her attorneys say the civil suit is the first among many to come against hotel and motel owners for allegedly profiting from sex trafficking. Patel, the hotel manager told Philly.com he had "no knowledge" that the teen had been victimized on his property. "We just rent the room and that's all we can do," he said. The suit alleges her traffickers placed internet advertisements that listed her under a fake name and directed customers to call a number and settle on a cash on a cash price for sex, then they were directed to the Roosevelt Inn. A hotel clerk "Abdul" was fully aware that the girl" and other underage children were compelled to perform sex for many," the suit says. The room where the girl was forced to be a prostitute "contained used condoms and condom wrappers and the room frequently smelled of marijuana, had "Do Not Disturb" signs on the door and frequently had men and other minors go in and out, the suit further contends.
The girl, identified in the lawsuit only as M.B., "was visibly treated in an aggressive manner by traffickers" and exhibited fear and anxiety in the hotel, the suit says, adding she dressed in a sexually explicit manner while walking the hallways. Despite knowing about or seeing signs of human trafficking, the hotel, its manager and workers failed to report the crimes to authorities or otherwise stop the girl's victimization, the suit says. The girl, as a result, suffered physical harm, mental anguish, humiliation, and other harm, the suit contends. The suit seeks more than $50,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. It is the first known civil suit to use the Pennsylvania Human Trafficking Law of 2014 that allows for compensation for victims against those who profit directly or indirectly from human trafficking, the plaintiff's attorneys...
This post caused me to think of the 64,000 black women missing in the United States and no one is speaking about it. On the media outlets I haven't noticed anything about this on the news and can't seem to figure it out I know when I was younger I could remember things about the black market to sell organs https://www.decodedscience.org/organ-harvesting-human-trafficking-black-market/56966 which in this article talks about organ harvesting being tied to human trafficking and has become a booming business in the 21st century on a global scale. It is a criminal offense to traffic body parts or perform transplants from any source not legally affiliated with a hospital or other medical facility, but legality doesn't deter either side of these transactions. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services data of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network reports 21,333 currently awaiting organ transplant of which 100,402 are waiting for a kidney. Only 30,970 transplants actually took place (legally) in 2015. According to the World Health Organization, America is one of many organ-importing counties and by the use of the web, patients can get transplant packages from $70 to over $160,000.00.
So wonder how much people can make with taking people and drugging them so that they can make a lot of money off of young people. What we need to do is work on ways to help find our missing brothers and sisters since no one is taking notice, we must not forget that no matter if we are family we are still connected in some way. Help me get this across to everyone who doesn't know what is going on, let this be an effort to actually make sure our kids are safe and aware. Because I'm afraid everyday for the safety of my younger uncle who is 17 years old and sometimes even my own safety because I only know but so much to make sure that me and others around me are safe.
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