9: Unveiling the Reality of Human Trafficking in the US, Guest Opal Singleton

This Is a Woman with Sophia Lorey

Opal Singleton is the President and CEO of Million Kids, a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to keeping kids safe from predators. She is one of the leading voices for combating human trafficking, social media exploitation and the impact of advanced technologies on child sex crimes.

On this episode of This is a Woman Podcast, Sophia and Opal discuss the reality of human trafficking in the United States:

Tune in to learn about...

- Is Human Trafficking real in the US? - impact of California Senate Bill 357

- How is Human Trafficking here, different from the human trafficking in the movie Sounds of Freedom.

- The issue of foreign national trafficking happens to unaccompanied minors and undocumented individuals in the US. - the plight of Chinese and South American girls and women in the US. - massage parlors, illegal pot grows, stash houses.

- How do young girls in the US get caught up in sex trafficking. - the grooming and recruitment process.

- The impact of advanced technology on human trafficking - dating sites, Sex Ads, Tik Tok, Instagram, Mass Audience live streaming.

- How are people sold once they are caught up in sex trafficking

- What you should do if you suspect Human Trafficking, how to get involved in the battle against human trafficking, and how to talk with your children about the dangers of human trafficking.

You can learn more from Opal by visiting MillionKids.org or by purchasing her books: Opal is the author of two books. Seduced: The Grooming of America’s Teenagers (2015) examines real cases to illustrate how predators use social media and online gaming to access, groom, recruit and exploit teenagers into sex trafficking, sextortion and exploitation. The second book, Societal Shift: A World Without Borders... A Home Without Walls (2019), takes a look at the impact of over six billion

people coming together in ways never before experienced creating a momentous societal shift. Researchers say that 87% of teens sleep with their phone. A world without borders for our children is also a world without borders for pedophiles, predators, pimps, cartels and other organized criminals.

That means while you are sleeping bad guys can access your children.