You open your home and wallet to contractors. But do you really know who they are? MSNBC Undercover investigates this underground economy and finds homeowners who are misled and ripped off.
It's a story that begins in the ruins of the Soviet Union and ends in America's heartland. NBC's Meredith Vieira goes inside the human trafficking and underground prostitution scene in the United States.
A teenager falls victim to a million dollar industry that preys on American girls, who are kidnapped and forced to sell their bodies in order to survive.
They're all American girls, raised to believe that the suburbs are safe;-- that sex slavery is a nightmare reserved only for foreign women, or troubled teens in the big city. Today, fueled by the power of the Internet, selling teenage girls has exploded into a billion-dollar business, where men can order girls without ever leaving the comfort of their homes. It's the sex industry's dirty little secret, involving girls forced to sell their bodies by ruthless men.
Vegas Undercover. Criminals scamming, stealing cars and selling sex. Watch what happens as we go undercover to bring down this side to justice.
They look like average shoppers but they're not. They're boosters, and if you look closely in any retail store, you're bound to find them. These work-a-day professional shoplifters can steal thousands of dollars within minutes, amounting to billions of loses every year. But now, armed with their own investigators, big business is fighting back.
Behind the doors of Houston's glittering spas, massage parlors and bustling urban bars called cantinas, teenage girls and young women sell themselves for cold cash. They all came to Texas with great hope, but their dreams of supporting loved ones back home became a nightmare of daily rape and beatings. Fueled by a booming sex industry…buying girls in Texas has never been easier.
It all started with a simple email. Meet Shireen, a woman who knew all about email cons, yet still fell for a scam and lost her life savings.
Go behind the scenes with investigators as they look into the horror that is human trafficking. Our cameras and crew go inside massage parlors and other shops in which investigators have indicated that vulnerable immigrant women are being forced into prostitution.
Her street name is Barbie. Her real name: Heather. She's one of the many teens out on the streets of Detroit working in what is known as the oldest profession: prostitution. Will FBI agents convince her to leave the life behind?
In the English town of Cheltenham – police are planning a major bust in Operation Pentameter 2, their nationwide crackdown on sex trafficking. The mulitiple, simultaneous raids will be complicated and require great coordination.
On the streets and suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, FBI, State and local police are taking part in "Cross Country 5," a nationwide dragnet to crack down on those who exploit juveniles in the sex trade.
Watch as two veteran female officers prepare to go undercover as prostitutes to go after the johns that help drive the sex trade.
The streets of Detroit are a haven for women who practice the world’s oldest profession, and also for the enforcers who claim to “protect them.” MSNBC goes undercover to get up-close and personal with a criminal underworld that starts thriving when the lights go off.
All across America, more and more women are turning to drugs like crack and heroin to kill the pain that comes with being bought and sold. In this hour, MSNBC goes undercover with Michigan’s Human Trafficking Task Force for a sobering look at the state of addiction in human trafficking.
On the streets of Chicago and all across America, the business of sex for sale is booming.
Meet 46-year-old Carlissa, who is perhaps the day’s saddest case for the Cook County Human Trafficking Task Force. This grandmother of two who has been in the game for years has outlived her usefulness to a pimp, and now sells herself for $20 to anyone he demands.
Join our crew as they head back to San Francisco to learn what really happens inside the city’s numerous massage parlors.
A dangerous new trend has risen among today’s pimps—tattooing or “branding” their victims.
This man says he was just trying to flirt with the undercover officer, but she says he was trying to solicit her for sex. Watch “The Men Who Buy” on MSNBC Undercover.
In the shadow of the Magic Kingdom is the dark business of sex for sale.
Go undercover with the Polk County Human Trafficking Task Force and see how the business of sex for sale is trapping young women in a world of despair and degradation.
Go undercover as law enforcement focuses on the heart of the human trafficking problem, the demand side.
Go undercover with Florida’s Polk County Sheriff’s Department as they help free trafficked women and arrest the Johns.
It’s buyer beware in San Francisco as police go after the men who pay for sex.
Houston, Texas is a human trafficking hub, but two Texans are fighting back.
We return to Polk County, Florida and spend time with Sheriff Grady Judd as he continues his sting operations aimed at stopping human trafficking in the Sunshine State.
In the City by the Bay, and across America, massage parlors are increasingly moving into the business of sex for sale. This all-new episode of Sex Slaves uncovers the melancholy and desperation inherent to ‘happy ending’.
MSNBC returns to Polk County Florida, this time, shining a light on the stark reality that girls as young as 15 years old are often caught in the underground sex trade.
40 million people visit Las Vegas every year for the bright lights and card games, but former call girl Annie Lobert knows that a darker secret lurks in Sin City.
MSNBC goes undercover with Polk County Florida’s Human Trafficking Task Force as they work to rescue women caught in the underground sex trade.
MSNBC returns to Las Vegas, this time taking a hard look at the escorts services which prevail in Sin City.
TODAY’s Natalie Morales talks to Edward Price, detective sergeant for the Michigan State Police, and Kevin Perkins, FBI’s chief of the criminal division, about the sex trade in America as highlighted in the upcoming MSNBC documentary, “Sex Slaves: Motor City Teens.
Hear more from experts featured in MSNBC's new documentary as they discuss the state of sex trafficking in the U.S.
