SEARCHING FOR MAEITA
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This is an article about a great mother who named Susana Trimarco of Argentina, sent out to find her missing daughter, Maria de los Angles Veron.. Instead she discovered a shadowy world of human trafficking and forced prostitution.

Marita was kidnapped in April,2002 by a trafficking network for sexual exploitation when she walked along the sidewalk. This is seen by a neighbour .However, this news only got worse. It broke the initial thought that Marita was just off with her boyfriend and would return in a day or two.

Firstly, Marita and her husband took action with the police but everytime her dear daughter had been whisked away shortly before they arrived because someone clearly someone had tipped off the owner about the raid. Susana knew she must find her daughter by herself or she would lose her forever.

To pay for her investigation, Susana lose a lot of things in her life but she determinedly find the daughter. Susana exhausted most of her saving and sale her house, Marita’s house, two cars even led to her and her husband separating.

Susana’s efforts have led her into dangerous situations, trolling bars and streets in search of anyone who might knew something about her daughter. She has been threatened, tricked and received false leads and death threats, but nothing has scared her.

During almost six year constantly searching, Susana discovered that many girls and women were also victims of this trafficking networks. She has rescued more than 200 girls who was forced into prostitution but sadly not her own daughter.

Personally, I think it is quite a pitiful thing in the society. I cannot believe human trafficking and sexual exploitation happens in the world while it actually exists. To reduce human trafficking, governments should make strict laws and develop systems of co-operation between different nations. Other action is raise awareness among the public.

For those victims, a group of professionals is quite needed in charge of psychological and medical assistance and searching for the most suitable path. So the victims can start recovering her self worth and can go back living in society.

In addition Once the victim is found the legal counsel continues to report the crime and to identify the trafficking networks existing in the country.
Done by : Wang Wenjia (27) 3G