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crimes of sexual violence on an annual basis." While Bilheimer interviewed Beaver at a Midwestern truck stop like the ones at which Angie was trafficked, someone wrote "Fuck you, asshole!" in the dirt on Beaver's car. Bilheimer said that this act demonstrated that many truck drivers hate law enforcement, although he said that "there are some good truckers out there," like those who are part of
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with truck drivers at a truck stop and steal their money. Angie said that, while looking through one of these drivers' wallets, she found pictures of the man's grandchildren and realized that he was old enough to be her and Melissa's grandfather. She recounts this story disgustedly and almost crying,
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on him. Bilheimer said that, while there is no way of being certain how many girls like Angie are being sexually trafficked, "diligent people out there have arrived at a bare minimum figure of... one hundred thousand girls, eight to fifteen ten sex acts a day", adding up to "a billion unpunished
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by raising awareness on the subject among truck drivers. When news of Stormy Nights was made public, there was a strong public response across the country, so the FBI established "Innocence Lost", a new department working to free children from prostitution.
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and says, "I wanted to die." Beaver also appears in the film, saying, "It's not just truck drivers. We're seeing them purchased and abused by both white collar and blue collar individuals."
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by transporting her to another state, and began trafficking her sexually. While being trafficked, Angie was expected to engage in 40 sex acts every night, charging $ 20 for
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Alan Prince said that operations like Stormy Nights "are difficult because the girls are always on the move... and when you find them, it's hard to talk to them." This
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One of the human trafficking victims rescued in Stormy Nights was a girl named Angie. Beaver called Angie "a normal, typical American teenager." Angie, from
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were arrested. Most of these traffickers' victims were between 12 and 17 years of age.
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Another girl who was rescued in Stormy Nights, one of Angie's friends, was sent to a
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The operation was undertaken in 2004 and resulted in the release of 23 girls from
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was headed by FBI agent Mike Beaver, who was working as an
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Angie was later interviewed in the documentary film
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the release of 23 female child (12-17yr) prostitutes
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Index

Stormy Nights (song)
human-trafficking
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Oklahoma
organized crime
minors
United States Numbered Highways
forced into prostitution
truck drivers
child prostitution
pimps
Lieutenant
sting operation
undercover agent
Wichita
Kansas
prostitution
Midwestern United States
Not My Life
sexual intercourse
Robert Bilheimer
Heartland
private school
acting out
seeking attention
Mann Act
oral sex
district attorney
testimony
fellatio

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