Man Arrested For Pushing Sex Slavery.

A Pasadena woman and her boyfriend are accused in separate cases of forcing the woman's 14-year-old daughter into prostitution last year.

The woman, 35, is charged with compelling prostitution and trafficking of child-prohibited conduct, according to a complaints filed by the Harris County District Attorney's Office.

In the other case, Reynaldo Alaniz, 47, of Pasadena, is charged with compelling prostitution, according to another complaint filed by the Harris County District.

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The Face Of The New Slavery.

Reality check: There are more slaves in the world today than were taken from Africa in the four centuries of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade--over 27 million. Of those, two million are children exploited in the commercial sex trade.

Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world, with annual profits exceeding that of ExxonMobil ($32 billion from sex trafficking alone). The average girl forced into prostitution is 13. Many are younger than that.

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