“O’Meara, an attorney, is Nebraska’s new human trafficking coordinator. He wants people to be aware so victims can be rescued…”What happens is the victim is convinced by
the trafficker (that) the only value the victim has as a human being is the ability to make money through commercial sex acts for the pimp,” O’Meara said…Omaha’s upscale Magnolia Hotel was the first to train hospitality workers to spot sex trafficking.”
Local law enforcement is trying to educate hotel workers to recognize signs of sex trafficking. The hope is to rescue women often caught in a cycle of abuse, violence and neglect.
“I was petrified to go outside,” Melissa said.
She said that for more than three years, she was forced to sell herself for money.
“The brain-washing, psychological games — it takes years,” Melissa said.
She wants Omaha to know that prostitution is slavery, with a pimp in charge of every move.
“I just wasn’t allowed out of his sight,” Melissa said.
Her message is the same one shared as part of a new pilot program in Omaha, which trains hotel workers to spot and report sex trafficking.
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