Alexandra* thought she was in a loving relationship when her boyfriend suddenly turned violent and used threats to control her.

At one point, her boyfriend, a full-time drug dealer, told her she had to sell her body to support her drug habit. When she tried to break up with him, he began threatening her with violence.

"That's when his control over me started," Alexandra recalls. She didn't realize it at the time, but her experience had a name: human trafficking.

Now 35, she believes human trafficking has only gotten worse due to isolation during the pandemic.

"Now you can reach out to 5,000 vulnerable potential victims at one time with a quick 'hey' and just see who responds back. You're not having to expose yourself as a potential predator by lurking around a mall or a school or anything. You can do it from the safety of your home," she says.

Because victims can now be identified online, Alexandra believes prevention is key.

"At the end of the day, survivor care exists because prevention failed," she says. "Our focus, our funding, and our energy need to go into prevention."

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