Original subtitles

NARRATOR: TO MAKE BIG MONEY IN THE SEX GAME...

DON'T SELL SEX...

MAKE LIKE THE MOB AND SELL PROTECTION.

THE PIMPS IMPOSE IT.

NARRATOR: THE MADAMS OFFER IT.

SMUGGLERS CONTROL IT.

NARRATOR: BUT NOT EVERYONE WANTS IT.

KASSANDRA: INSTEAD OF MAKING 6,000 A WEEK...

I CAN MAKE 12.

OFFICER: POLICE.

NARRATOR: GO IT ALONE AND YOU MAY PAY A HEAVY PRICE.

NARRATOR: WORKING GIRLS GETTING READY FOR ANOTHER

SHIFT ON ONE OF THEIR BUSIEST TRACKS.

DET. ARELLANES: A CUTE LITTLE TUBE TOP...

THE LITTLE GOLD RING ACCENT.

AND OF COURSE THE SHORTY SHORTS.

.

DET. ANAYA: I'M CUTTING THE STRAPS OFF MY SHIRT.

OH YEAH.

NARRATOR: THEY HAVE TO LOOK THE PART.

DET. ARELLANES: YOU'RE SHOWING YOUR NIPPLES.

DET. ANAYA: YES HUH. DET. ARELLANES: YOU ARE

GONNA GET IT GOING ON.

I HAVE A TIGHT FIT.

NARRATOR: AND THEY'RE ALWAYS AWARE OF THE RISKS.

DET. ANAYA: WHAT CONCERNS ME SOMETIMES...

LIKE THE GUY THAT HAS NO MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS.

SO THEY MAKE A DEAL WITH YOU.

HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR YOU?

ARE THEY GONNA BEAT YOU UP?

NARRATOR: THEY'RE STEPPING INTO THE UNKNOWN.

EVERY CAR CONTAINS A POTENTIAL CLIENT OR JOHN.

EVERY JOHN A POTENTIAL TICKET TO THE HOSPITAL OR

WORSE... THE MORGUE.

BUT THESE HOOKERS.

DET. ARELLANES: OH HOT.

NARRATOR: AREN'T WHAT THEY SEEM.

DET. ARELLANES: ARIGHT WIRE CHECK.

SGT. CHASTAIN: ALRIGHT I'M DOING A WIRE CHECK.

NARRATOR: THEY'RE UNDERCOVER COPS WORKING A HONEY TRAP.

PART OF FRESNO'S VICE SQUAD TARGETING PIMPS...

PROSTITUTES AND JOHNS.

TODAY THEY'RE TARGETING THE JOHNS.

SGT. CHASTAIN: OK EYES AND EARS ON UC'S OUT.

THESE FEMALE DETECTIVES HAVE TO PUT THEMSELVES IN A

POSITION OF BEING VULNERABLE.

YOU GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S READY BEFORE YOU

PUT THAT UNDERCOVER ON THE STREET.

NARRATOR: SERGEANT CHASTAIN HAS WORKED FOR VICE FOR THE

LAST 9 YEARS.

SGT. CHASTAIN: I GET A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS ABOUT IT.

NARRATOR: A FORMER UNDERCOVER COP HIMSELF...

HE KNOWS THE RISKS.

SGT. CHASTAIN: AND THEY HEAR THESE HORROR STORIES

ABOUT BEING GRABBED...

DRUG INTO CARS... BEATEN.

SHOT AT... STABBED.

IT TAKES A LOT OF NERVE AND THEN STILL BE ABLE TO

HOLD THAT CALM...

COOL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THEM AND THE JOHN.

WE GOT A VEHICLE PULLING UP RIGHT HERE.

NARRATOR: AND THIS UNSUSPECTING SUV

HAS JUST LANDED.

SGT. CHASTAIN: OK, GET IN THERE.

NARRATOR: THE JOHN STRIKES A DEAL AND THE COPS

ARE SENT IN.

SGT. CHASTAIN: ALRIGHT LET'S DO THIS ONE FOR LOITERING...

THE WHITE GMC.

NARRATOR: THE UC MAKES A DISCREET EXIT...

AWAY FROM DANGER.

EVEN THOUGH THE SUV DRIVES AWAY...

THE DRIVER STOPPED TO NEGOTIATE A PRICE FOR SEX.

SO THEY ARREST HIM FOR LOITERING.

NARRATOR: BY ARRESTING THE JOHNS.

OFFICER: DO YOU HAVE ANY WEAPONS ON YOUR OR ANYTHING?

MAN: NO-NO.

NARRATOR: THE COPS HOPE THEY CAN SHRINK THE DEMAND.

OFFICER: SPREAD YOUR FEET. SPREAD YOUR FEET.

NARRATOR: EVEN FOR A FEW HOURS.

OFFICER: ANYBODY IN THERE WITH YOU?

MAN: NO. OFFICER: KEEP COMING.

SGT. CHASTAIN: EVERY INDIVIDUAL THAT WE ARREST

FOR A JOHN OPERATION...

WE TAKE THAT CASE...

WE MAKE A PHOTOGRAPH OF 'EM THAT TIME.

WE POST THEIR PICTURE UP ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THEIR FACE AND WHAT

THEY'RE ARRESTED FOR... ALONG WITH THEIR NAME.

IF EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR BUSINESS...

THEN MAYBE YOU WON'T DO THAT.

NARRATOR: STREET PROSTITUTION IS ONLY A

SMALL PART OF THE OLDEST PROFESSION.

THE ILLEGAL MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR GLOBAL SEX TRADE

THAT INCLUDE BROTHELS...

MASSAGE PARLORS AND ONLINE ESCORT AGENCIES.

SGT. CHASTAIN: THE MONEY CAN BE SIGNIFICANT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING GANGS GET MORE INVOLVED IN

IT BECAUSE INSTEAD OF THE DRUG MARKET...

THEY GET INTO THE SEX MARKET.

AND ONCE THEY SELL A DRUG...

THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET MORE PRODUCT TO SELL IT.

THEY CAN GET MORE AND MORE SALES OUT OF

ONE YOUNG WOMAN.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO REPLENISH THEIR PRODUCT AS

MUCH AND THEY CAN CONTINUE TO SELL IT.

NARRATOR: AN ILLEGAL TRADE WHERE PIMPS TREAT WOMEN AS

COMMODITIES... BOUGHT AND SOLD...

USED AND ABUSED... THEN DISCARDED.

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

INTERNATIONAL BOULEVARD IS A WELL KNOWN TRACK

WHERE PROSTITUTES PLY THEIR TRADE.

NARRATOR: FORMER DRUG DEALER BIG TOWN...

WORKS THE SHOP FLOOR.

BIG TOWN: WHAT YOU LOOKING AT HO?

NARRATOR: BIG TOWN OFFERS A WARPED IDEA OF

PROVIDING PROTECTION.

TO HIM... WOMEN AREN'T PEOPLE...

THEY'RE ASSETS HE CONTROLS.

HE HAS A MANAGEMENT STYLE ALL HIS OWN.

GIRLS GIVE ME 100 MOTHERFUCKING PERCENT

OF EVERY DOLLAR THAT

THEIR PUSSY PRODUCES.

NARRATOR: BIG TOWN IS A PREDATOR...

ALWAYS ON THE HUNT FOR NEW MERCHANDISE TO

ADD TO HIS STOCK.

BIG TOWN: YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRAIN BUT THE

WRONG TRACK BABY.

NARRATOR: HIS PRODUCT IS WOMEN AND TURNOVER IS HIGH

TO KEEP PACE WITH DEMAND.

HIS ASSETS CAN BE SOLD ON TO OTHER PIMPS SOMETIMES

BY CHOICE... OFTEN BY FORCE.

BIG TOWN: PROSTITUTION IS 100% MORE

PROFITABLE THAN DRUG SALES.

PIMPING YOU COULD SPEND $1,000 DRESSING THESE HO'S...

ONCE YOU CONVINCED 'EM...

ONE HO CLEAR WHAT YOU PUT OUT THERE FIRST NIGHT...

IF YOU DOING IT FOR REAL.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY...

PROSTITUTION IS 100% PROFIT.

YEAH THAT AIN'T GONNA WORK BITCH.

GET OFF THAT PHONE.

NARRATOR: OAKLAND IS THE MOST VIOLENT CITY

IN CALIFORNIA...

WITH ONE OF THE HIGHEST MURDER RATES IN AMERICA.

AND AN UNDERSTAFFED POLICE DEPARTMENT

STRUGGLING TO COPE.

WELL THIS IS A TRAINING GROUND.

YOU PUT A BITCH OUT HERE AND MAKE SURE SHE AIN'T

SCARED AND GIVE HER A KNIFE AND SHE CAN GET YOU

$500 ON THIS MUTHERFUCKER OR $1,000.

I CAN GET A BITCH YOU KNOW CONVINCE HER TO

SELL HER BODY OVER A BAG AND A BOTTLE.

NARRATOR: THERE ARE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES IF HIS

ASSET DOESN'T HAND OVER ALL THE DOUGH.

BIG TOWN: I CHECK WHAT THE REST OF THE HOES GETTING...

THE REST OF THE HOES GETTING 800...

YOU KEEP BRINGING ME 450 OR 500...

I MIGHT GO FOR THAT THAT FIRST NIGHT.

YOU DO THAT AGAIN THE SECOND NIGHT YOU KNOW

WHAT I'M SAYING...

IM'MA CHECK ALL THE REST OF THE HOES FOR MY

MONEY THAT YOU HIDE.

IF I FIND IT I'M GONNA BEAT THE FUCK UP OUT YOU.

THAT HO GETS STOMPED TO THE GROUND IN FRONT OF THE REST

OF THE HOES YOU KNOW SO WE GET A DEMONSTRATION AND

Y'ALL GET A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

NO-NO GORILLA PIMPING GET THAT CLEAR.

IT AIN'T A DAILY OCCURRENCE THAT A BITCH

GOT A BLACK EYE.

BUT I AM FUCKING WITH HOES.

SO I DO GOTTA STRAIGHTEN THEM HOES OUT

EVERY NOW AND THEN.

NARRATOR: PROTECTING HIS WOMEN OR ASSETS INCLUDES

BAILING THEM OUT IF THEY'RE ARRESTED AND STOPPING THEM

FROM GETTING GRABBED BY OTHER PIMPS.

BUT PREVENTING WOMEN FROM GOING INDEPENDENT IS THE KEY

TO HIS BUSINESS.

BIG TOWN: IF THE BITCH IS A THOROUGHBRED RENEGADE MAN

I HOPE THEY CUT THE BITCH HEAD OFF AND THROW IT

IN THE GARBAGE CAN.

PUT THAT ON THE TEN O'CLOCK NEWS...

THAT'S WHAT I THINK ABOUT A REAL RENEGADE MAN.

WHAT YOU LOOKING AT HO?

NARRATOR: ON THE SAME TRACK WHERE PROSTITUTES PLY

THEIR TRADE IS 20 YEAR KASSANDRA.

SHE WAS 13 WHEN SHE HIT THE STREETS.

TODAY KASSANDRA'S TAKING A WALK THROUGH HER PAST.

SHE IS A RENEGADE...

AN INDEPENDENT SEX WORKER WHO MANAGED TO ESCAPE

THE CLUTCHES OF LOCAL PIMPS.

KASSANDRA: IT'S CALLED SWEATING.

THEY WOULD SWEAT YOU...

MEANING YOU'RE WALKING AND THEY SEE YOU.

YOU MAKE ANY KIND OF EYE CONTACT WITH THEM THAT MAKES

IT OK FOR THEM TO COME AND SWEAT YOU.

WHEN YOU HAVE A PIMP YOU DON'T GET TO KEEP

ANY OF YOUR MONEY...

THERE IS NO KEEPING YOUR MONEY.

YOU COME OUT HERE...

AVERAGE PRICE 50-60-80-100...

I USED TO GET A LOT OF 80S AND 100S JUST BECAUSE OF THE

WAY THAT I LOOKED AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD GET HARASSED BY

MORE PIMPS BECAUSE I WAS A MORE DESIRABLE HO

BECAUSE I MADE MORE MONEY.

NARRATOR: SHE HAD TO LEARN THE LAWS OF THE STREET

THE HARD WAY.

KASSANDRA: SO YOU'RE WALKING HERE ON INTERNATIONAL

AND YOU SEE A PIMP DRIVING BY...

LIKE WALKING ACROSS THE STREET.

YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN AND IF HE'S ON THE

SAME SIDE OF THE STREET AS YOU...

YOU BOLT ACROSS THE STREET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF

THE STREET BECAUSE IF YOUR PIMP SEES YOU EVEN

LOOKING TOWARDS ANOTHER PIMP...

THAT'S GROUNDS FOR YOU TO GET YOUR ASS BEAT RIGHT

THERE ON SIGHT.

THEY WILL COME AND BEAT YOU RIGHT ON TRACK.

NARRATOR: KASSANDRA WAS GORILLA PIMPED

FROM HER EARLY TEENS.

KASSANDRA: IT'S A LOT OF MENTAL ABUSE...

IT'S A LOT OF PHYSICAL ABUSE.

I WAS CHOKED...

I WAS SLAPPED... I WAS BLINDFOLDED.

THEY WOULD BRING ME HERE TO INTERNATIONAL AND

I WAS TOLD I COULDN'T COME IN UNTIL I

MADE $500 OR WHATEVER.

IT'S THIS FEELING LIKE THERE'S;

THERE'S NO ESCAPING IT 'CAUSE I WAS SCARED.

I DON'T KNOW; WHAT ELSE DID YOU EXPECT FROM A

13...14.. 15 YEAR OLD GIRL WHO YOU KNOW HER;

HER TRAFFICKER KNOWS WHERE SHE LIVES...

KNOWS WHERE HER WHOLE FAMILY IS?

YOU KNOW THE ONLY WAY I FEEL LIKE I ESCAPED IT BECAUSE MY

TRAFFICKER ENDED UP GOING TO PRISON ON A MURDER CHARGE.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I WAS KIND OF RELEASED FROM IT.

NARRATOR: RENEGADES LIKE KASSANDRA THREATEN THE

LIVELIHOOD OF BOTH PIMPS AND SEX TRAFFICKERS.

BUT NOT ALL PIMPS USE VIOLENCE TO EXERT CONTROL.

SOME LIKE TO USE THE POWER OF PERSONALITY.

HEF: EVERYONE THINKS THAT A PIMP IS SOME STEREOTYPICAL

DUDE WITH A FEDORA ON WITH A FEATHER IN HIS FUCKING HAT...

BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF SOME YOUNG RUNAWAY.

AND IT'S NOT.

WE HAVE A SAYING "THIS GAME IS BY CHOICE."

NARRATOR: IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN...

NEW YORK PIMP HEF RUNS A LUCRATIVE ESCORT BUSINESS.

HE HAS FIVE WOMEN WORKING SIX DAYS A WEEK.

HEF: THERE'S GIRLS THAT COME TO ME...

THEY DON'T KNOW NOTHING.

THEY GOING THROUGH LIFE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DOING.

YOU KNOW GOT DUDE'S FUCKING ON 'EM AND SUCKING ON 'EM

FOR FREE AND I GRAB THEM AND SAY "HEY A WET PUSSY AND A

DRY PURSE DON'T MATCH.

THAT SHIT DON'T MATCH.

COME ON AND GET SOME MONEY."

NARRATOR: THE ESCORTS GET THE MONEY BUT HEF CONTROLS

IT AND DISTRIBUTES IT.

HEF: I'M ONE OF THE BIGGEST PIMPS IN THE CITY.

IF YOU'RE GONNA BE WITH ME THEN YOU CHECK

EVERY DOLLAR IN.

AND WE GROW AS A UNIT...

AS A LAW FIRM.

YOUR GOAL IS TO MAKE A STACK A DAY.

YOU GOT FIVE BITCHES MAKING A 1000 A DAY.

THAT'S FIVE G'S A DAY.

YOU WORK MAYBE SIX DAYS A WEEK...

TAKE A DAY OFF TO CHILL.

FIVE TIMES SIX IS 30.

30 TIMES FOUR WEEKS IS 120 GRAND A MONTH.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.

NARRATOR: WITH ONE OF HIS GIRLS AT THE WHEEL...

HEF IS TAKING A PIMP'S TOUR OF MIDTOWN MANHATTAN.

HEF: THIS IS TIMES SQUARE.

THIS IS THE DISNEYLAND OF PIMPS AND HOES.

THERE ARE SPOTS AROUND HERE THAT WE CALL SHORT STAYS.

HOTELS YOU CAN GO TO.

IF WE WENT TO GO PULL UP IN FRONT OF THESE SHORT STAYS

YOU'D SEE GIRLS.

YOU SEE THIS RIGHT HERE?

THESE ARE HOES.

GET THAT.

THOSE ARE WORKING GIRLS.

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEY PIMPS I KNOW.

NARRATOR: BUT ONE THING PIMPS SHARE IS THE FEAR OF

THE RENEGADE.

NARRATOR: HEF CLAIMS HE'S NOT A BULLY...

HE'S A MANIPULATOR...

A MIDTOWN STREET'S SVENGALI.

HEF: THE ONE BIGGEST WAY TO EMPOWER A WOMAN IS TO LET

HER KNOW THAT HER GREATEST POWER IS IN TWO PLACES:

BETWEEN HER EARS AND BETWEEN HER LEGS.

LET HER USE BOTH TO GET TO THE TOP.

STAND BEHIND HER NOT LIKE A PUPPET MASTER BUT LIKE A

KING STANDING BEHIND HIS QUEEN AND YOU'LL BE

A MOTHERFUCKING PIMP.

NARRATOR: ON THE STREET IT'S FAR FROM ROYALTY.

HERE THE GIRLS ARE WORKED LIKE SLAVES.

ARIEN PAULS: IF YOU DIDN'T BRING IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF

MONEY WHEN HE FINALLY DID LET YOU COME IN FOR THE

NIGHT AND SLEEP...

YOU WOULD BE BEATEN.

NARRATOR: ARIEN WAS ONLY 19 WHEN SHE WORKED THE

LAS VEGAS CASINOS UNDER THE NAME PREMIUM.

SOON SHE WAS FORCED TO WORK IN OTHER CITIES.

ARIEN PAULS: IT WAS BIG EXPECTATIONS AND A LOT OF

THE TIMES I WOULDN'T EVEN COME CLOSE.

NARRATOR: RUNNING AWAY WASN'T AN OPTION.

ARIEN PAULS: I WAS SCARED THAT HE WAS GONNA HURT MY

FAMILY MEMBERS OR HE WAS GONNA KILL MY LITTLE BROTHERS.

HE KNEW WHERE MY PARENTS LIVED BECAUSE HE

SENT THEM MONEY AND I WAS AFRAID.

NARRATOR: ONE NIGHT IN VEGAS PROVED TO BE

THE FINAL STRAW.

ARIEN PAULS: HE STARTED HITTING ME AGAIN AND HITTING

ME AGAIN AND I PUT MY HEAD DOWN AND I JUST

STOOD THERE LAUGHING.

AN UNCONTROLLABLE LAUGH.

I COULDN'T FEEL ANY OF THE PUNCHES...

I COULDN'T HEAR WHAT HE WAS SAYING TO ME.

IT WAS A COMPLETE WIPE-OUT OF THE SENSES.

I WAS BROKEN.

I WAS DEFEATED.

I WAS DONE. AND WHILE HE WAS SLEEPING...

I PACKED MY TWO SUITCASES AND TEXT MESSAGED A GIRL WHO

I KNEW AND I SAID "WILL YOU PLEASE COME GET ME?"

NARRATOR: ARIEN WAS ABLE TO BREAK FREE FROM HER PIMP

BUT NOT ALL WORKING GIRLS HAVE REACHED

THE TIPPING POINT.

SGT. CHASTAIN: USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THIS GIRL'S GONNA

BE DROPPED OFF BY SOMEBODY...

A SUSPECTED PIMP.

NOW HE'S NOT GONNA COME TO THE DOOR BUT HE'S

GONNA DROP 'EM OFF.

NARRATOR: TONIGHT SERGEANT CURT CHASTAIN OF THE FRESNO PD

VICE UNIT IS PREPARING TO TAKE DOWN A LOCAL PIMP.

THE UNDERCOVER OFFICER PRETENDING TO BE A JOHN

ORDERS A GIRL ONLINE FROM A HOTEL ROOM WITH UNIFORMED

OFFICERS IN THE NEXT ROOM.

OUTSIDE IN A SURVEILLANCE VAN SERGEANT CHASTAIN

WATCHES FOR THE MAIN TARGET THE PIMP DROPPING HER OFF.

SGT. CHASTAIN: WAIT A MINUTE... WE'VE GOT A

KNOCK ON THE ROOM.

NARRATOR: THE UC... FAKING A LIMP...

OPENS THE DOOR.

WHAT THE ESCORT DOESN'T KNOW IS THAT HE'S

AN UNDERCOVER COP.

HER EVENING IS ABOUT TO END EARLY.

OFFICER: HERE WE GO.

NARRATOR: THE OFFICERS MOVE IN.

OFFICER: FRESNO PD.

WOMAN: AH...AH.

OFFICER: YOU'RE UNDER ARREST OK?

WOMAN: WHY? OFFICER: WE'LL TALK ABOUT

IT HERE IN JUST A SECOND OK?

NARRATOR: THE WOMAN IS TAKEN TO ANOTHER ROOM

FOR QUESTIONING.

MEANWHILE THE VEHICLE THAT DROPPED HER OFF

HAS BEEN FOLLOWED.

SGT. CHASTAIN: ALRIGHT GUYS GO AHEAD AND GET THAT CAR.

OFFICER: TELL ME ABOUT THE GUY WHO DROPPED YOU OFF.

IS HE YOUR BOYFRIEND?

WOMAN: HE'S JUST A FRIEND.

OFFICER: ARE YOU GUYS HAVING SEX?

WOMAN: NO.

OFFICER: HOW MUCH MONEY ARE YOU GIVING HIM?

LIKE YOU GOTTA GIVE HIM GAS MONEY OR SOMETHING?

WOMAN: NO.

SGT. CHASTAIN: THOSE GIRLS WORKING AS PROSTITUTES THEY;

THEY'RE NOT GONNA TESTIFY OR PROVIDE EVIDENCE AGAINST THE

PERSON THEY WERE GIVING MONEY TO.

OFFICER: WAIT LOOK; LET'S LOOK...

THIS GUY WHO YOU ALREADY SAID DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU

BUT YET HE'S GONNA GIVE YOU A RIDE OVER HERE TO

PROSTITUTE AND HE'S GONNA GET NOTHING OUT OF IT.

WOMAN: I...MAYBE $10-$15.

OFFICER:OK AND WHAT IS THAT FOR...GAS?

WOMAN: YES GAS.

SGT. CHASTAIN: THEY'RE NOT GONNA DO IT OUT OF FEAR...

OUT OF PERCEIVED LOYALTY TO THAT INDIVIDUAL.

IT'S NOT EASY.

NARRATOR: A FEW BLOCKS AWAY THE SUSPECT'S CAR HAS

BEEN STOPPED AND THE DRIVER ARRESTED.

SGT. CHASTAIN: HOW YOU DOING?

SGT. CHASTAIN: YEAH. THE REASON YOU'VE BEEN

STOPPED IS BECAUSE YOU GOT

CAUGHT UP IN A PROSTITUTION STING.

WHEN YOU; WHEN YOU TOOK THAT GIRL OVER THERE TO THE

HOTEL AND DROPPED HER OFF.

NARRATOR: THE SUSPECT IS TAKEN TO THE STATION

FOR FURTHER QUESTIONING.

SGT. CHASTAIN: CAN YOU TOW THE CAR FOR ME?

OFFICER: YEAH. SGT. CHASTAIN: WE'LL

START SEARCHING IT.

NARRATOR: THE POLICE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO TO ESTABLISH

IF HE'S THE PIMP OR NOT.

SGT. CHASTAIN: THIS PERSON'S BEING ARRESTED FOR

TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROSTITUTION.

WE TOOK THE SMART PHONES THAT WERE USED TO NEGOTIATE

THIS DEAL.

CHARGES COULD POTENTIALLY GROW FROM HERE.

WE HAVE OUR MAN.

NARRATOR: BACK ON THE EAST COAST IN UPTOWN MANHATTAN...

BROTHEL MADAM PRINCESS PROVIDES PROTECTION FROM

VIOLENT JOHNS.

PRINCESS: HEY BABY... WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE?

NARRATOR: IF A JOHN GOES TOO FAR SHE

EJECTS HIM AT GUNPOINT.

NARRATOR: IN NEW YORK CITY,

BROTHEL MADAM PRINCESS RUNS A MINI SEX EMPIRE

THAT INCLUDES BROTHELS...

ONLINE ESCORTS AND STRIP CLUBS.

PRINCESS: I'M PRINCESS.

I'M THE FUCKING QUEEN.

I'M A MADAM.

I GOT 100 GIRLS.

70 ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW.

WE WORK IN EVERY MAJOR CITY.

IT'S A FAMILY BUSINESS SO IT GOES GENERATIONS.

MY SISTER...MY MOTHER.

I LOVE WHAT I DO.

MY GIRLS ARE HAPPY... MY CLIENTS ARE HAPPY.

IT'S A GREAT BUSINESS.

NARRATOR: PRINCESS REWARDS HER BEST ASSETS...

HER MOST POPULAR GIRLS WITH THE HIGHEST PAID JOBS.

PRINCESS: CANDY?

NARRATOR: TODAY SHE HAS NEWS FOR CANDY...

ONE OF HER MOST PROFITABLE...

WHO HAS JUST FINISHED WITH HER 10TH CLIENT OF THE DAY.

PRINCESS: SO HOW WAS HE?

PRINCESS: THIS MORNING I GOT A CALL ALRIGHT?

SO WE HAVE HOUSTON, TEXAS AND WE HAVE LONDON.

CANDY: NICE.

PRINCESS: YES $3,000 MINIMUM.

CANDY: OH YES GIRL.

PRINCESS: IT'S A TWO DAY STAY FOR BOTH.

IF HE TIPS YOU FOR ANOTHER $2,000...

YOU MIGHT WALK AWAY WITH $4,000

CANDY: YES.

PRINCESS: I'M GONNA SUBMIT YOUR IMAGES AND IM'MA

SEE WHAT THEY THINK.

SO FAR HE REJECTED TEN OF THE GIRLS.

CANDY: OH BUT HE HASN'T HAD ME GIRL.

HE HAS NOT HAD ME.

PRINCESS: YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT... YOU'RE DAMN

RIGHT HE HASN'T.

I KNOW-I KNOW AND HE PREFERS GIRLS WITH BOOTIES.

LEGIT HE LIKES THICK GIRLS.

NOT ONLY THAT; THAT BUT THAT ASS.

IF I COULD BRING THAT CASH.

SO IT AIN'T MY FAULT.

.

NARRATOR: PRINCESS PROVIDES A LUCRATIVE OUTCALL OR

TAKE OUT SERVICE WHERE JOHNS CHOOSE A GIRL ONLINE AND

SHE'LL BE DELIVERED TO THEIR DOOR JUST LIKE A PIZZA.

PRINCESS: BABY CANDY COME HERE LET ME TALK

YOU REAL QUICK.

NARRATOR: CANDY MAY BE TIRED BUT JUST LIKE A

PIZZA SHE'S STILL JUST

AN ASSET TO BE WORKED AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY.

CANDY: MM-HM. CANDY: YEAH.

PRINCESS: LOVE YOU BABY. BE GOOD CANDY.

KEEP IT DIRTY.

NARRATOR: BRIEF ENCOUNTERS MEAN HER GIRLS HAVE FEWER

CHANCES TO MAKE DEALS ON THE SIDE WITH THE JOHNS.

WITH CANDY ON OUTCALL PRINCESS GETS THE ROOM READY

FOR THE NEXT BOOKING.

IT'S ALL ABOUT TURNOVER.

BUT SHE IS AWARE OF THE RISKS.

PRINCESS: JUST IN CASE THERE'S A AWKWARD SITUATION.

SO IF SOMEONE STARTS TALKING CRAZY OR IF SOMEONE DOESN'T

WANNA LEAVE OR THEY JUST GRAB YOU YOU KNOW YOU HAVE;

IT'S HERE YOU KNOW IT'S FOR THEIR;

IT'S FOR THEIR PROTECTION.

NARRATOR: OUTCALLS ARE ALWAYS NERVE WRACKING.

THE RISKS ARE GREATER.

CANDY: I HAVE A VERY BUBBLY PERSONALITY BUT

EVERYBODY'S NOT NICE.

YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A DRIVER THAT'S WAITING FOR YOU.

YOU HAVE PROTECTION.

SOMEONE WHO'S THERE JUST IN CASE ANYTHING GOES WRONG.

BUT YOU'RE TAKING A CHANCE.

IT'S MORE DANGEROUS FOR ME TO BE OUT HERE.

NARRATOR: THE DRIVERS PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE AGENCY...

ENSURING ITS BUSINESS ASSET IS PROTECTED.

ALFONSO: MY JOB IS TO COLLECT THAT MONEY AND MAKE

SURE SHE DOESN'T LEAVE WITHOUT IT.

IT'S ALSO JUST AS MUCH AS MY JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT

NOTHING HAPPENS TO HER.

ANYTHING YOU DO... ESPECIALLY AGAINST THE LAW...

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE 'CAUSE

YOU'RE UNDERGROUND AND THE BUSINESS ATTRACTS THAT

ELEMENT BECAUSE OF ITS SECRECY.

YOU'RE TRYING TO WATCH FOR; FOR COPS...

SAME THING WITH THE CLIENTS.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY "OH IT'S A REGULAR."

SOME OF THE NEWER SECURITY SAY "OH BUT HE'S A REGULAR...

I'M GONNA GO TO THE STORE."

AND I TELL 'EM "NO YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO TO THE STORE.

HE'S A REGULAR. HOW MANY TIMES BEFORE HE

TURNS INTO A WEIRD YOU KNOW

WHEN HE'S GONNA BECOME A SICKO?

DO YOU KNOW WHEN HE'S GONNA SNAP?"

CANDY: WELL I'M GOING TO YOUR SETTING.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH.

YOU MAY NOT GET PAID.

YOU JUST MAY GET STUCK.

IT'S DANGEROUS.

WHO'S TO SAY YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK OUT?

NARRATOR: IT'S ANOTHER BUSY NIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY AND

ONE OF PRINCESS'S GIRLS...

CANDY IS WORKING IN AN UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD

SERVICING A WEALTHY CLIENT.

NARRATOR: PRINCESS IS WAITING FOR CANDY'S RETURN.

SHE'S CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.

PRINCESS: OUTCALLS ARE WAY MORE DANGEROUS.

THEY COULD BE KILLED... STABBED... MURDERED.

THEY WON'T BE PROTECTED BECAUSE YOU GO TO SOMEONE

ELSE'S HOUSE AND THEY COULD HAVE A SHOTGUN WHEN

YOU WALK IN.

I HAVE TO STAY HERE AT THE BASE.

THE DRIVER HAS PROTECTION AS WELL.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT AS BIG AS THIS BUT HE HAS PROTECTION.

NARRATOR: BUT PROTECTION DOESN'T COME CHEAP.

PRINCESS: AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S UP TO ME

TO PROTECT THEM.

SO I TAKE A BIGGER PERCENTAGE IF

THE GIRL'S AMATEUR.

AT THE LEAST I TAKE 50%.

NARRATOR: THE CLINCH IS... IT'S ALL ABOUT CONTROL.

PRINCESS: I'M THE BOSS. IF YOU GET LOCKED UP

I GOTTA BAIL YOU OUT.

I'M THE ONE THAT'S GONNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ALIVE.

NARRATOR: PROTECTION IS DOUBLESPEAK FOR CONTROLLING

THE GIRLS.

KEEPING THEM IN LINE AND EARNING FOR THE BOSS.

AN EXHAUSTED CANDY RETURNS $150 RICHER.

PRINCESS WILL POCKET AT LEAST HALF.

BUT THE CONTROL PRINCESS HAS OVER HER ASSETS IS NOTHING

COMPARED TO THAT OF THE ASIAN SEX INDUSTRY.

ASIA IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROVIDERS OF WOMEN TO THE US

SEX TRADE.

IN SOUTH KOREA'S CAPITAL SEOUL...

SOME HAVE DEVELOPED A LEVEL OF CONTROL OVER THEIR

ASSETS THAT AMERICAN PIMPS CAN ONLY DREAM OF.

ALTHOUGH PROSTITUTION IS ILLEGAL...

SEX FOR SALE IS EASY TO FIND.

ADVERTISING CARDS LITTER THE STREETS OFFERING

SEX AND MASSAGES.

THERE ARE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOODS OR RED LIGHT

DISTRICTS WHERE WOMEN PARADE THEMSELVES OPENLY.

ACCORDING TO LATEST FIGURES IT'S A $13 BILLION INDUSTRY.

AND IT'S TAKEN PROTECTION TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.

.

OPINION IS DIVIDED ON THE SIZE OF THE WORKFORCE.

MR. KANG: IN SOUTH KOREA THERE ARE

1.2 MILLION SEX WORKERS.

THE SOUTH KOREAN TRAFFICKERS MADE US CONNECTIONS TO SET UP

BUSINESSES IN THE SEX TRADE THERE.

THEY LURED KOREAN SEX WORKERS WITH THE PROMISE OF

HIGHER EARNINGS.

NARRATOR: MR. KANG OPENS THE DOOR TO A BROTHEL IN MIARI...

ONE OF THE FOUR REMAINING RED LIGHT DISTRICTS IN SEOUL.

OFFICIALLY ILLEGAL THESE BUSINESSES COULD BE CLOSED

DOWN AT ANY TIME.

HE TAKES US UNDERGROUND TO A FIVE MAN CONTROL ROOM WHICH

PROVIDES SECURITY AND WHAT HE CALLS PROTECTION.

MR. KANG: OH HELLO! PRESIDENT LEE HOW ARE YOU?

NARRATOR: 24 HOURS A DAY... SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

MR. KANG: WHEN A CLIENT VISITS TO RECEIVE A SERVICE

WE MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS SAFE.

WE PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM ANY INAPPROPRIATE

BEHAVIOR AND NATURAL DISASTERS LIKE FIRE.

THIS PLACE ACTS LIKE A CONTROL TOWER AND CAN

RESPOND IMMEDIATELY.

NARRATOR: SU JIN KIM HAS WORKED IN THIS RED LIGHT AREA

FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

SU JIN KIM: THE RELATIONSHIP HERE IS LIKE FAMILY.

THEY PROTECT ME IF THERE ARE ANY INCIDENTS.

THE BOSS EMPLOYS MADAMS WHO WILL GO OUT AND

TOUT FOR CLIENTS.

SHE COLLECTS THE MONEY AND WE WILL RECEIVE 30%

OF THE TAKINGS.

THE MADAM GETS A SALARY AND THE REST GOES TO OUR BOSS.

NARRATOR: BEHIND THESE BLACK SLIDING DOORS ARE THE

SO CALLED COMFORT ROOMS WHERE SU JIN AND HER FELLOW

PROSTITUTES WORK.

.

MR. KANG: THIS IS THE 'STANDBY' AREA TO GREET

GUESTS AND WHERE THEY CHOOSE THEIR GIRL.

THERE IS A ROOM UPSTAIRS AND ONE IN THE BASEMENT.

NARRATOR: CAMERAS INSIDE THE BROTHEL FEED TO THE CENTRAL

OFFICE ALLOWING THE MANAGEMENT COMPLETE CONTROL

THE VIDEO LINK ALERTS THEM BOTH TO POLICE RAIDS

AND VIOLENT JOHNS.

IN 2008 THE US RELAXED SOUTH KOREAN VISA RULES;

THIS ALLOWED KOREAN TOURISTS TO ENTER THE U.S.

FOR 90 DAYS WITHOUT A VISA.

AND KOREAN BROKERS READILY SUPPLY THE DEMAND FOR ASIAN

SEX WORKERS IN THE US.

MR. KWAN: I GET $2,000 PER GIRL.

SO IF I INTRODUCE 10 GIRLS THAT'S $20,000

NARRATOR: RELAXED VISA RULES MAKE IT EASIER FOR

SOUTH KOREAN SEX SMUGGLERS TO EXPORT THEIR BRAND

OF SEX TO THE US.

CASHING IN ON THE DEMAND...

SMUGGLERS OFTEN LEND SEX WORKERS THE BROKER FEES.

ANNOUNCER: MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...

KOREAN AIR WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ALL PASSENGERS

ARRIVING TO LOS ANGELES.

NARRATOR: IT'S EARLY MORNING AT LAX AND A KOREAN

FLIGHT HAS JUST LANDED.

CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OFFICERS ARE ON

THE LOOKOUT.

THEY ARE CHECKING VISAS.

OFFICER RIM: EXCUSE ME.

NARRATOR: SEARCHING FOR WOMEN WHO MAY BE COMING OVER

TO WORK AS PROSTITUTES.

OFFICER RIM: MAY I SEE YOUR PASSPORT?

USED TO BE EVERY DAY KOREAN FLIGHTS OR SOMETIMES OTHER

ASIAN FLIGHTS AND PROBABLY ONCE OR TWICE A DAY WE WOULD

HAVE KOREAN WOMEN COME IN.

AND WE WOULD DO AN INSPECTION AND WE WOULD FIND

THEM INADMISSIBLE WE WOULD SEND THEM BACK.

ALRIGHT WELCOME BACK.

NARRATOR: THE KOREAN BROKERS HAVE GOT CONTROL DOWN

TO A TEE.

THE WOMEN'S EVERY MOVE HAS BEEN PRE-PLANNED.

OFFICER RIM: MOST OF THESE KOREAN WOMEN THAT COME TO

THE US TO WORK...

THEY MAY OWE A LOT OF MONEY TO SOME OF THESE LOAN SHARKS

OR SOME OF THESE BROKERS.

AND THEY'RE PULLED BY THE BROKERS YOU KNOW

"WHY DON'T YOU GO TO THE US... WORK...

MAKE THIS MUCH MONEY AND YOU CAN PAY OFF YOUR LOAN TO US?"

WHAT ARE YOU COMING HERE TO DO?

WOMAN: I'M JUST VISITING.

NARRATOR: KOREAN BROKERS COACH THE WOMEN ON HOW TO

GET THROUGH THE IMMIGRATION PROCESS.

MR. KWAN: MY BROKER TRAINS THIS GIRL...

THIS IS INCLUDED IN HER $5,000 FEE.

HE GETS PAID ONCE SHE'S LANDED AND SAFELY ESCORTED

TO THE MASSAGE PARLOR.

IT'S CRUCIAL THE GIRL KNOWS WHAT TO SAY WHEN

QUESTIONED BY CUSTOMS.

OFFICER RIM: BEFORE THEY COME TO UNITED STATES

THEY'RE COACHED BY THE BROKER ON HOW TO

ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS...

WHAT TO WEAR...

HOW TO PRESENT YOURSELF AS A CASUAL PERSON.

JANG MI: THERE ARE NEW GIRLS COMING OVER ON A DAILY

BASIS TO WORK IN THIS FIELD.

THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT KINDS...

COLLEGE GRADUATES.

MOST OF THEM ARE IN HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE IN SO MUCH

DEBT THEY THINK THEY COULD COME IN...

MAKE THE MONEY... PAY EVERYTHING OFF.

.

THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEED A JOB RIGHT AWAY

'CAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW FACES.

PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING NEW.

NARRATOR: AFTER DETAILED BACKGROUND CHECKS THIS WOMAN

TURNS OUT TO BE LEGIT.

OFFICER RIM: OK EVERYTHING IS GOOD SO I'M GONNA TAKE

YOU OUTSIDE AND YOU'RE GONNA BE ON YOUR WAY.

NARRATOR: ASIAN TRAFFICKERS AND SEX BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE

GOT THE AMERICAN PIMPS AND MADAMS PLAYING CATCH UP.

AFTER THE GIRLS GET THROUGH IMMIGRATION THE TRAFFICKERS'

CONTROL BEGINS TO ASSERT ITSELF.

JANG MI: THEY STAY AT THE HOUSE...

THEY DON'T LEAVE.

THERE'S ALWAYS A MAMA SAN WHO COOKS FOR THE GIRLS...

CLEANS UP AFTER THEM.

SHE'S LIKE THE; THE MOTHER AWAY FROM HOME.

NARRATOR: UNABLE TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE AND THOUSANDS

OF MILES FROM HOME...

THESE YOUNG WOMEN ARE LESS LIKELY TO LEAVE

AND GO RENEGADE.

THE ASIAN BUSINESS OWNERS THINK THEY HAVE AN UPPER HAND

OVER THE GIRLS AND THE TRICKS THAT THEY TURN.

BUT THE COPS HAVE A FEW TRICKS OF THEIR OWN.

NARRATOR: FRESNO'S BACK STREET MASSAGE INDUSTRY IS BOOMING.

IN 2006 THERE WERE ONLY 30 LICENSED MASSAGE PARLORS.

NOW THERE ARE OVER 220.

SGT. CHASTAIN: THE MASSAGE INDUSTRY EXPLODED WHEN THE

MAJORITY OF THE UNITED STATES HAD A HUGE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.

SO YOU HAD PROPERTY OWNERS WHO WILL RENT OUT A SMALL

LITTLE SHOP IN A STRIP MALL FOR RIDICULOUSLY LOW MONIES.

UC'S APPROACHING THE DOOR.

NARRATOR: FRESNO VICE UNIT IS TARGETING A MASSAGE

PARLOR IT BUSTED ONLY 10 MONTHS AGO.

LIKE A WEED...

A SEX OUTLET MAY HAVE SPRUNG UP AGAIN.

THE UNDERCOVER OFFICER WEARING A WIRE...

ENTERS AND ASKS FOR A MASSAGE.

SERGEANT CHASTAIN LISTENS FROM A SURVEILLANCE

VAN OUTSIDE.

SGT. CHASTAIN: THEY'RE DISCUSSING WHAT ACT THEY

WANT TO DO.

NARRATOR: AS SOON AS THE UC GIVES THE BUST WORD "BROTHER"

THEY MOVE IN.

OFFICER GONZALES: CAN'T WAIT TO TELL MY

BROTHER TO COME HERE.

SGT. CHASTAIN: WE HAVE A BUST SIGN...

BUST SIGN...MOVE IN.

AMBER HOOVER: HI NO

WHERE YOU RUNNING?

COME ON. COME HERE...

COME HERE WHERE YOU GOING?

HAVE A SEAT NO-NO-NO HOLD ON ONE SECOND

DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING.

INSPECTION PLUS IS HERE.

NARRATOR: THE UC IS LYING ON THE MASSAGE TABLE.

AMBER HOOVER: PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON SIR.

NARRATOR: INSIDE THE OFFICERS MAINTAIN THE UC'S

COVER AND THEN FULLY INSPECT THE PREMISES.

AMBER HOOVER: SO WHERE ELSE IS THERE MONEY?

OK.

NARRATOR: THE SEARCH REVEALS CASH STORED EVERYWHERE

IN UNEXPECTED PLACES.

AMBER HOOVER: MORE MONEY? EMPLOYEE: YEAH.

AMBER HOOVER: MORE MONEY. SGT. CHASTAIN: WHEN YOU

GO THROUGH THESE MASSAGE

PARLORS THERE'S MONEY STORED EVERYWHERE.

IT'S A CASH BUSINESS... THEY'LL HOARD IT...

NOT PAY ANY TAXES ON IT.

SO IT'S CLASSIC HUMAN TRAFFICKING.

WELL WE'VE MADE TWO ARRESTS OUT OF THIS LOCATION.

THE MASSEUSE WHO PROVIDED PROSTITUTION

FOR THE UNDERCOVER...

THE BUSINESS OWNER IS ALSO BEING ARRESTED FOR

SUPERVISING THAT.

NARRATOR: BACK ON THE EAST COAST 20 YEAR OLD ESCORT

KASSANDRA'S NOW LIVING A DIFFERENT LIFE TO THE ONE

SHE HAD PREVIOUSLY WORKING FOR A PIMP.

KASSANDRA: I DIDN'T START FEELING FEAR UNTIL

I GOT KIDNAPPED...

UNTIL I REALIZED HOW HARD WALKING THE STREET REALLY WAS

AND I HAD GUYS ATTACKING ME AND I HAD KNIVES

PUT TO MY THROAT.

TO FEEL LIKE I HAD TO WORK FOR THESE PEOPLE JUST TO

PREVENT MY FAMILY FROM BEING KILLED...

TO ME THAT WAS THE WORST FEELING I'VE EVER

EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE.

NARRATOR: ARIEN TOOK ONE BEATING TOO MANY.

SHE DECIDED TO TURN THE TABLES ON HER PIMP AND

SHE WENT TO THE LAW.

ARIEN PAULS: I SAT IN A COURTROOM AND SHAKING LIKE A

LEAF TESTIFIED AGAINST HIM FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

NARRATOR: SHE HAD THE COURAGE TO FACE HER PIMP IN

COURT BUT HE GOT OFF THE CHARGE.

IT WAS HER CUE TO LEAVE THE INDUSTRY FOR GOOD.

ARIEN PAULS: I SEE HIM WALK OUT OF THE COURTHOUSE...

FREE AS DAY...

JUST WALKS OUT OF THE COURTHOUSE AND I

COULDN'T BELIEVE IT.

I WAS TERRIFIED.

NARRATOR: SHE NOW VOLUNTEERS IN A CHURCH BASED

CHARITY SHOP...

HELPING OTHER VULNERABLE WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN TRAFFICKED.

ARIEN PAULS: IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS BEING AWAY FROM

THE STREETS AND IT'S BEEN A ROCKY HARD THREE YEARS.

IT'S NOT EASY.

THREE YEARS AND YOU CAN'T GET A JOB...

THREE YEARS YOU CAN'T GO BACK TO SCHOOL FOR ANYTHING

REALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND CHECK.

YOU...IT'S...YOUR LIFE BECOMES ATTACHED TO THAT OLD LIFE;

TO THAT UNDERGROUND WORLD AND YOU CANNOT FULLY

SEVER THE TIES.

NARRATOR: FOR NOW ARIEN IS MANAGING TO STAY OUT

OF THE GAME.

BUT FOR OTHERS IT'S A STRUGGLE THEY AREN'T WINNING.

TODAY KASSANDRA'S IN NEW YORK HAVING NEW

PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN FOR HER WEBSITE.

KASSANDRA: DO SOMETHING CUTE...

SOMETHING SEXY BUT SOMETHING'S THAT STILL WOULD

REPRESENT WHAT I LOOK LIKE.

NARRATOR: KASSANDRA MANAGED TO ESCAPE THE CLUTCHES

OF A PIMP BUT NOT THE SEX INDUSTRY WHERE

SHE IS STILL TRAPPED.

PHOTOGRAPHER: USE YOUR EYES...

REALLY IMPORTANT TO CONNECT TO ME.

KASSANDRA: I STOPPED DOING THIS FOR A YEAR...

I WENT TO COLLEGE...

I TRIED TO CLEAN THINGS UP.

BUT IT; IT WAS; IT'S JUST SO HARD TO NOT HAVE ANY MONEY

AND YOU DON'T HAVE AN EDUCATION SO YOU

CAN'T FIND A JOB.

SO I DECIDED TO DO THIS AGAIN.

PHOTOGRAPHER: LOOK GLAMOR... SEXY.

LIKE THAT'S GOOD... I LIKE YOUR LEGS LIKE THAT.

SO IF I LEARNED HOW TO DO WHAT THEY DID...

MAYBE I COULD USE THOSE TOOLS AND TRY TO DO IT MYSELF.

NARRATOR: AND WITH THOSE TOOLS...

KASSANDRA VENTURED OUT ON HER OWN.

PHOTOGRAPHER: THAT IS THE WINNER SHOT.

NARRATOR: KASSANDRA HEADS OFF ALONE TO MEET

HER NEXT CLIENT.

THAT MEANS TODAY...

LIKE EVERY DAY...

GOING TO MEET JOHNS WITHOUT BACKUP.

KASSANDRA: IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.

IT'S NOT SAFE.

YOU FEEL REALLY ALONE.

GIRLS ARE VERY VULNERABLE.

IF SOMEBODY RAPES ME OR ROBS ME I CAN'T GO TO THE

POLICE AND TELL THEM.

THAT'S WHAT BOTHERS ME.

IT HAS TO DO WITH THE LACK OF PROTECTION THAT WE HAVE

BEING IN THIS BLACK MARKET INDUSTRY.

NARRATOR: LIKE OTHER WOMEN IN THE SEX TRADE WHO SELL

THEIR BODIES TO SURVIVE SHE'LL NEVER REALLY KNOW

FOR SURE IF THE NEXT TRICK WILL BE HER LAST.