The Hidden Reality Of Human Trafficking

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

It’s a multi-billion-dollar industry built on manipulation, coercion, and unimaginable suffering— Human trafficking and it’s happening right here in the United States. Human Trafficking is one of the most underreported crimes, leaving us with only a fraction of the true scope; it’s in our cities, our suburbs, and even our social media feeds. Tonight, we’re exposing the shocking tactics traffickers use to lure victims. We’ll go undercover with a private investigator works to rescue victims, hear from survivors who escaped the unthinkable, and learn what you can do to stop it. This is the wake-up call America needs—because no one is truly safe until we all know the truth.
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0:00.0	It's a multi-billion dollar industry.
0:02.8	At just 15 years old, Natalie was trafficked from Dallas.
0:07.0	Did it hit you that you were being abducted?
0:09.5	You're sedated.
0:10.5	Rape, they just kept you in a haze.
0:12.2	I was very out of it.
0:14.2	I'm confused.
0:15.5	Where are they getting these people from?
0:18.1	And how are they being put into the sex trade?
0:20.4	The number one recruiter is a female?
0:22.6	No one is truly safe until we all know the truth.
0:26.6	It's a multi-billion dollar industry built on manipulation, coercion, and unimaginable suffering.
0:43.5	And it's happening right here in the United States.
0:47.7	Human trafficking is one of the most underreported crimes leaving us with only a fraction of the
0:53.6	true scope. It's in our cities, our suburbs,
0:57.4	and even our social media feeds. Tonight we'll expose the shocking tactics traffickers
1:03.7	use to lure victims, hear from survivors who escape the unthinkable, and learn what you
1:10.1	can do to stop modern day slavery.
1:13.1	This is the wake-up call America needs because no one is truly safe until we all know the truth.
1:21.3	My first guest, who goes by Lisa, has been a private investigator for 13 years
1:27.8	and an informant working undercover
1:30.9	to probe alleged human trafficking.
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