‘The Perfect Victim’ | 3

Felonious Florida

Wondery | Sun Sentinel

Crime Story, Documentary, Exhibit C, History, Murder Documentaries, Florida, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.4 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Shanika Ampah was a straight-A girl from a home with two loving parents. But a horrifying tragedy struck and by the age of just 11, she was lured by predators and taken on the road to be sold as a product out of a tractor trailer. For seven years she endured horror no girl ever should — until one day when she catches a break.

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Human trafficking help and resources

If you are a human trafficking victim or have information about a potential trafficking situation, call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) at 1-888-373-7888 or text 233733. NHTRC is a national, toll-free hotline, with specialists available to answer calls from anywhere in the country, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can also get more information and submit a tip on the NHTRC website.

If you believe a child is involved in a trafficking situation, submit a tip through the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s CyberTipline or call 1-800-THE-LOST. FBI personnel assigned to NCMEC review information that is provided to the CyberTipline.

Parents and caregivers of children who have been victims of sex or labor trafficking can find help and resources through the Department of Justice’s Office for Victims of Crimes.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to Flonius Florida add free on Amazon Music.
0:05.1	Download the app today.
0:08.3	This episode contains graphic language and descriptions of events that some listeners
0:11.8	may find disturbing.
0:13.6	It's like an arm gently wrapping around your shoulder.
0:22.4	That's how it starts.
0:25.2	Comforting warm.
0:28.2	The only thing in the world that matters at that moment.
0:31.9	And then it flexes and gets tighter and tighter.
0:38.2	Before you know it, you're in a headlock.
0:41.0	You can't break out of it.
0:45.6	But what's even worse, you may not want to get out.
0:49.4	Or fear that if you try, you may not survive.
0:53.7	That's how a child's sex trafficker lures in his prey and enslaves them.
0:58.6	That arm wrapped around Shanika Ampa when she was just 11 years old.
1:03.1	She grew up on a good block in South Miami in a nice home with two hardworking parents
1:08.0	who provided everything she needed.
1:10.4	She loved school and she was a straight-a student.
1:13.7	But Shanika held a dark secret, a haunting memory from when she was 9 years old.
1:19.2	She made her vulnerable and an ideal target for a predator.
1:23.8	While other girls in her neighborhood were sitting in six grade classrooms fine-tuning
1:27.7	their grammar and spelling, Shanika was being sold for sex inside hotel rooms and from
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