“It appears to have operated much like a cult -- that is, they would pick on women who were runaways, who were estranged from their families, who they thought were vulnerable,”
“The problem has been over the years, in a number of cases where it's been reported, that there are a number of women who are voluntarily in the ring and a number of others who are coerced, ... When it would come to the attention of authorities, the women who were voluntarily in the ring would step forward and say, 'Hey, they participated freely.' That made it an extremely difficult case for law enforcement to pursue.”
