Trafficking and Prostitution Services

It's normal to want to do research on someone before you go stepping out into this arena of trying to help someone, or yourself, to leave the sex industry, especially if they're having to leave sex trafficking.  I'm going to show you some examples here of why I'm learning I have to  take what I read in the media these days with a grain of salt. I read this article where it says that "deputies are patrolling undercover looking for underage prostitutes forced into the trade".  Well why waste all that time "looking" when I know right where some are I'm thinking?   http://www.mediafire.com/view/nuyccs51uvlvnnu/http_www.nbclosangeles.com_news_local_County-Agencies-to-Trea.pdf I wrote Jim McDonnell's office and asked if I could speak to him about this.  He was running for office for Sheriff so I figured certainly he'd answer.   But I didn't get a response until he won the election from his press assistant MONTHS after I sent in my ema

Early May of 2015 I got a phone call from a man who said his name was Ken Waither.  Here's an article on him.   http://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/oct/22/spies-valley/  On the phone he sounded friendly and said since he's retired he's gotten very interested in sex trafficking in Nevada.  He said he wanted to meet for coffee.  I was driving from Vegas to Los Angeles at the time and said I would be back in a few days and we could talk then.  However, I tried to get him to talk to me on the phone and he was unresponsive pretty much.  In my experience when someone wants to "meet you for coffee" but doesn't want to talk too much on the phone - there's something they want to say to you they want to be careful it's not recorded. As we were talking, he commented on how I had over 1500 "friends" on my Linkedin profile.  So clearly this guy has done his homework on me before calling.  Homework meaning that certainly he must know I co-wrote "Traf

Jody Williams, Director Sex Workers Anonymous – www.sexworkersanonymous.net Trafficking and Prostitution Services – www.traffickingandprostitutionservices.org American Trafficking Institute – www.americantraffickinginstitute.com (702) 498-6211 Direct International Phone (888) 253-9619 Toll Free and (310)  734-1710 Fax Email – sexworkrecovery@yahoo.com Ben Hueso (District 40) Mark Wyland (District 38) Mark Leno (District 11) Holly Mitchell (District 26)   Alex Padilla (District 20) Re: Bill 1576 Dear Members of the California Legislature: My name is Jody Williams. I'm the founder of the above three groups. I actually founded my first group, Prostitutes Anonymous in 1987. This is a 12 step group for men and women who need help to transition out of the sex industry and need help finding recovery after having been in this industry whether it was as a prostitute, porn star, stripper, phone sex worker, madam, pimp, or even a strip club owner (as o

On June 19, 2014, I submitted a link to Shelley Lubben about a woman who had been found dismembered in a lake. Instead of asking us if we knew anything about this woman personally, instead of reaching out to her family, instead of seeing if  anyone else on the porn shoot might be in danger - Shelley Lubben responded by putting the link up on her website, crediting someone else for submitting it to her on June 20th entirely, and then she solicits people to "buy her CD".  Wow - profiting off the death of a porn star. Sounds just like a pimp does it? In Sex Workers Anonymous we recognized that just like how AA has their "dry drunk" or someone who acts just like a drunk without drinking - there are people who can act just like a "whore" or "pimp" without being in the sex industry. It eventually leads to relapse. Which based on her blond hair, excessive makeup and her husband having just lost his job - I would not be surprised if this one walks

Dear Congressman Chafftz: I'm writing you about these articles about the DEA and strip clubs. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/03/dea-sex-parties-colombia-report-116413.html and then -  http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/dea-agents-illegally-ran-new-jersey-strip-club-prosecutors-article-1.2229169 I'd also like to introduce myself if I might.  My name is Jody Williams and I'm the founder of not only Sex Workers Anonymous, but the very modern day movement to have sex trafficking recognized so that victims may receive PROPER assistance. I say "proper" in this manner - trafficking in the USA today is not the same as it is in China, Thailand, India, etc.  Nor is "trafficking" the same as prostitution as many people in the major media are trying to cram down our throats today.  I don't know where you are on the page here on this subject - so please forgive me if I start at the beginning to make sure we are on the same page. I've