Port city secrets: human trafficking hiding in Duluth
<p>Along the generally hushed lakeshore of Duluth, lies a quieter and much darker fact: Minnesota is the 13th largest center for human trafficking. Duluth is far from being exempt to contributing to the trafficking operations. Given that Duluth is a port city that consistently has ships leaving and arriving at the port, this environmental recipe is ideal into making the Twin Ports a target for trafficking.</p>
<p>In 2007, <a href="https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/05/05/sex-trafficking-on-the-north-shore/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">33-year old James Redd opened “The Hip Hop Candy Shop”</a>, which he masqueraded as a recording studio and candy store. Redd promised girls new shoes, clothes, haircuts and manicures if they’d work at strip clubs, have sex with him or other men of his choosing. At least four indigenous girls between the ages of 13 and 17 were being bought and sold for sex at the store.</p>
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