News React: Teacher Turned Trafficker? – Red Flags of Human Trafficking – Ep. 79

In this episode, we dive into the details of a recent news story involving a teacher trafficking her students.

We highlight the red flags in this story and common themes that we see in trafficking cases.

This case is a classic example of traffickers preying young people in difficult, vulnerable situations.

LINK TO NEWS ARTICLES:

https://www.fox26houston.com/news/houston-teen-victim-former-klein-isd-teacher-son-sex-trafficking-case

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/04/22/school-employee-alerted-klein-isd-of-sex-trafficking-a-full-year-before-cosmetology-teachers-arrest/

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