today, and that means that tomorrow is going to be another day, and essentially what the capital will be shutdown. >> another day so tough for the folks there. ron mott, thank you, and our law enforcement expert jim cavenaugh. right here on msnbc, we will continue the follow the story, but for now, we will go back to regular programming. behind the online pictures, they are the desperate ones. >> i want to go home.

>> selling se x to put money on their pimp's pockets or food on their table. >> and pimps are the lowest form of humanity, and we are after them. >> join grady judd and the polk county task force as they are fighting to rescue young girls and women caught nup the underground sex trade. >> i know that you are scared, honey, and you need to be scared. >> and a look at the man who is driving the patronage of sex for sale. >> do you think that the women who sell themselves on the back pages are doing it because they are making a lot of money, or because they are under duress? >> i wouldn't know. >> do you care? ♪ ♪

>> today in america, experts estimate that illicit sex for sale generates billions. while online ads promise good times with young women eager to please, most johns don't know or don't care that the women fulfilling those fantasies are actually living lives of desperation. selling sex to feed fatherless children, or to feed a drug habit born out of the degradation of day-to-day life in the underground sex trade. >> normal america is seeing these folks every day, walking down the street, shopping in stores, at fast-food restaurants, and no one knows that they're living in a totally separate world inside of our world. >> here on the outskirts of orlando, florida, polk county sheriff grady judd and his human

trafficking task force are working to combat the illicitis ex trade with frequent and massive prostitution stings. >> i'm tall, i have long hair, blue eyes. >> if you go hunting for a hook-up in this part of the sunshine state, there's a chance that voice on the other end of the line is an undercover cop. >> we have a moral and an ethical obligation to look out for these young ladies that are trapped in this underworld. and at the end of the day, prostitution is against the law. so that's the predicate we're going to use to find victims of human trafficking. >> in this male undercover makes contact with a woman who offers to bring a friend along por what is known in the trade as a two-girl show. >> that sounds good. is there anything that you're looking for? >> at the same time, this female undercover has a potential john on the hook. >> all right, so you want like full service or something like that?

>> as luck would have it, all three targets arrive at the same time. >> two females coming in the front door. >> one of the women goes straight up to the the undercover room, but as an unexpected twist, the other woman intercepts the john in the hotel lobby and then provides him with oral sex in his car. >> the other two may be having a little action in the car back here. >> she's down here doing her thing in the car down here. her girlfriend's upstairs doing that. i guarantee she'll get out and this guy will have paid her money. >> investigators must now keep eyes on two simultaneous deals. in the undercover room, a price of $200 is agreed upon and the female subject agrees to undress. sheriff's deputies move in for the arrest. >> put your clothes on. >> i didn't take any money. i didn't agree to do anything.

ki please pee? i'm about to piss myself, i'm serious. >> the woman in custody is shanna greek. a 22-year-old from nearby cocoa, florida. >> i did not agree to do anything with anybody. all i was asked is if i was anal, and i said no. that's not agreeing to anything. >> go put your shirt on. >> shaunna has prior arrests for burglary, grand theft, dealing in stolen property, and a previous charge for resisting arrest. >> i'm not doing anything wrong. you cannot arrest me. >> i'm giving you a lawful order. i am going to give you one more opportunity or you are going to catch another charge. >> what am i being arrested for? >> you're being detained. >> for what? i didn't agree to any sexual act. >> calm down, and we'll talk to you. >> i didn't agree to any sexual act. >> what's your name? you have to calm down. >> i didn't agree to any sexual act. you screaming that isn't going to change anything right now. you have to calm down. >> i didn't agree to any sex or anything. i spend time with businessmen

because they're lonely. i didn't agree to anything. i didn't agree to anything at all. >> police recovered two syringes from shaunna's purse, testing positive for opiates. track marks on her arms show she's in the grip of a serious drug addiction. meanwhile, police outside the hotel make contact with the man and woman who engaged if the oral sex act in the parking lot. 42-year-old matthew mcel voi of kissimmee is stopped while he attempts to exit the property, and detained on suspicion of soliciting prostitution. >> sarah pajem from orlando and corralled and escorted upstairs for questioning. >> do you think i'm going to jail? >> there's a good possibility. >> why? for what?

i'm just curious. >> mcavoy tells police he was on his way to a date he had unwittingly arranged for the undercover when he was propositioned by pajem in the hotel lobby. >> i was on my way out. >> he said he paid pajem $60 for oral sex in his car. >> he did not pay me for sex, nope. >> for her part, pajem tries to tell police that whatever happened in mcavoy's car was not prostitution. >> i gave him head free and clear. i'm not trying to blow smoke up your butt. i am telling you the truth. i came in and i said that the i am doing this on my own free will. >> so you meet a complete stranger and you decide to give him a blow job? >> yeah. >> did he give you money, that's a yes or no answer. >> he gave me a donation. >> how much of a donation? >> $60. >> that's what he's saying.

>> it was not for sex. >> come on. now it's silly. you have to admit it. it is not silly? >> yes, it is ridiculous. >> all right. do yourself afare and be honest with yourself and get over this hump? >> what i am going to jail regardless. >> yes sh, you are going to jai but golly. >> i didn't accept money for sex. i don't see how i accepted money for sex. >> pajem has prior arrests for prostitution and cocaine. >> she's not being cooperative, no. >> like her friend shaunna, detectives suspect she came here seeking money to feed a drug habit. addiction is an all too common reality for women working in america's underground sex trade. >> where's your family? >> they don't give a [ bleep ] about me. conquer the weather.

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>> a prostitution sting in polk county, florida, is off to a quick start. >> two women and one man are in custody after responding to solicitations for sex by undercover sheriff's deputies. >> what's your first name? >> sarah. >> 37-year-old sarah pajem took $60 and provided the man with oral sex in his car. >> i did not agree to do anything with anybody. >> pajem's partner was caught on camera disrobing during negotiations with an undercover. but she said she was just along for the ride to hang out with her friend sarah. >> so what did you come up here to the room for? >> i come up here because it was really supposed to be her coming up here, because she was busy with somebody downstairs. >> what was the reason for you or her coming up here? >> she was meeting somebody. >> for what? >> to hang out. there was no sex talks or

anything. >> who was she going to meet to hang out? >> i don't know. i don't know the name. >> so you're just going to come up here and hang out with a complete stranger in a hotel room. that makes no sense. >> she gets paid for her time. she spends time with people. like old businessmen who are lonely, they don't have a wife or anything. they just want to hang out and talk. >> on top of the prostitution charnel, shaunna must answer for a narcotics charge after police find two syringes in her purse that test positive for opiates. >> how long ago were you in rehab? >> january. >> she admits to a drug problem, acknowledges her first attempt at rehab has failed. >> when is the last time you took them? >> earlier today. >> with prior arrests, police now suspect that she has turned to selling se x to pay for her habit. >> how long have you been doing

this. >> doing what? >> this kind of stuff. >> i don't do this kind of -- >> let me rephrase it. how long have you been going and meeting people to hang out with them for money? >> like a month. >> in the holding room, we notice that shaunna has a black eye. could she be a victim of abuse? >> how did you hurt your eye? >> i hit the corner of the table. >> falling? >> yeah. >> because somebody hit you? >> no. i do a lot of drugs. i get [ bleep ]'d up, and i can't walk. i can't do nothing. >> where's your family? >> they don't give a [ muted ] about me. >> shaunna says she's been on her own since her family kicked her out at age 17. >> i started doing drugs because i don't have people there for me. i don't have family, i don't have friends. >> she says she's the mother of two children, ages 5 and 4 months. both of whom, she says, have been given up for adoption. >> i have a 5-year-old that's living with somebody else.

all she wants is for her mom to be there for her. >> despite disrobing in the undercover room less than half an hour earlier, shaunna insists that she does not sell sex, she said she merely provides company for lonely men. >> this is not me. like, i don't sell my body. i don't have sex with people. i'm not going to lie upon i go hang out with guys and they pay me money just to hang out with me because they're lonely. you know, they don't have nobody. >> if you keep hanging around with people, even if they're paying you money to sit there and talk to them, if you keep hanging around with that kind of person, you're going to have problems. >> the drugs. >> police learn that shaunna has a boyfriend and they begin to wonder whether he may be profiting from her predicament. >> so your reasoning for coming up here was what? >> police return to shaunna's partner sarah to see if she can shed light on the boyfriend, a

man known only as wes. >> you told me now that wes told you to ride with her, that she had a date. >> yeah, just to ride with her. >> so a date, what does that mean to you? >> she had somebody to do, she was going to make money. >> what? >> going to make money. i'm not trying to lie to you. i am telling you exactly. >> while neither takes responsibility for their actions, each tries to insinuate the other, that shaunna's boyfriend wes is a pimp. >> what would be the reason? >> you want me to tell you the truth? >> absolutely. >> he was trying to get me to -- >> why was he trying to get you to pose on the pack page? he wants you to trick for him? is that what she was doing, tricking for him? >> i don't know their relationship, sir, serious. i'm not trying to --

>> you're telling me he tried to get you to post an ad on back page? >> yeah. >> was that he your ad that he responded to? >> no, i don't have an ad. >> she says that is your ad. >> as sarah grows more and more uncomfortable with detective's questions, she begins to hint about having more incriminating information about shaunna, perhaps with the hope of getting herself off the hook. >> i just don't want to go to jail. honestly, i've been trying to be clean. and keep my nose clean. >> we are not talk about you right now sh, but we are talkin about her. >> she has some pills and shot somebody up. >> and sarah tells police that shawnna recently injected a friend with dilaudid and the

friend died from an overdose. >> tell me about that. >> i wasn't there. >> tell me about it. >> all i know she shot somebody up with dilaudid. >> and he died? >> yeah. >> when was this? >> last week. >> detectives place a call to orlando police and confirm there was a fatal drug overdose that occurred at a cheap hotel last week. >> were you at the hotel last night? >> no. >> she minces words a lot. and it's third-party information. she wasn't directly there. >> we made contact with that agency and confirmed they are conducting a death investigation. >> why didn't you tell me that? >> because i just found that out. >> how can i be charged with homicide? >> nobody said you're being charged with anything. >> for those who may still see prostitution as a victimless crime, it's important that remember that many of the women who sell sex, lead lives of desperation in a world of drugs, abuse, and even death. >> do you know what human trafficking is? >> yes. >> do you think the women who

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>> to stamp out human trafficking, police and prosecutors must attack the economic force that drives the business -- demand. >> oh, my god! please, please. i can't -- no. >> that's why sheriff judd and his detective make mow bones about their efforts to bust johns. >> another one bites the dust. >> it's about 7:45 p.m. when a man arrives in response to a female's undercoversex ads. >> your hispanic male is walking up, white long sleeve shirt, white pants. >> he makes his way up to the rendezvous, unaware that sheriff's deputies are watching him on candid camera. the white-clad john lays on the bed, apparently ready for sex. obviously captivated by the

merchandise, the customer quickly agrees to the price for sex, and sheriff's deputies move in to give him a cold shower. the man in custody is 32-year-old harry rodriguez from ocala, florida, charged with one count of soliciting prostitution, harry offers no denials, nor any excuses. he's placed in the holding room to await transport for jail. >> what's the charge? >> what is the charge? >> we will talk to you in a minute. >> unlike mr. rodriguez, 29-year-old jason alvarez from kissimmee, florida is full of denials and excuses. >> what were you looking for? >> like a massage. >> are you sure it wasn't 15 minutes for oral sex? >> like many johns nabbed in stings, alvarez claims to be the victim of a misunderstanding, saying he was only looking for a massage today. >> she came up saying condom, i was lake, what the hell?

>> what did you say when she said that? >> i was like, i don't know. >> what do you mean you don't know? >> what did i say? i was like, i don't care. because i didn't know what bare back meant. >> 8th graders know what bare back means. >> you were going to practice safe massaging? >> she's the one who said it. >> it's a misdemeanor, and you're doing all this nonsense, and it's ridiculous. >> while prostitution may only be a misdemeanor in the eyes of the law, many transgressors face far stiffer penalties at home. >> married, single, divorced? >> married. >> i would say probably between 70 and 80% of these guys are married. married with children. >> are you worried about bringing anything home to your wife? >> bringing what home? >> like diseases. things like ta.

>> from a massage? >> i know that you are going to continue to say that you are going to have a massage, but you could be bringing diseases back to your wife. that's horrible. >> i wouldn't deal with a freaking prostitute. >> that's what you came here for today. >> mr. alvarez expresses the belief that she's somehow better than the women he pays for sex. it's an all too common sentiment among the legions of american johns who buy women every day. >> this undercover has a potential john on the hook. >> are you interested in an hour, half an hour? >> she's hoping he will commit to an explicit sex for cash deal over the phone. this will provide probable cause for deputies to arrest him as soon as he enters the hotel room. >> full service, one hour, hundred dollars. >> in this case, the john is punctual and polite. >> police already have charges

on the man, no harm in letting him talk and reseal the deal. >> have you done this before? >> once. >> so you wanted a full hour, right? >> yes. for a hundred? >> yes. >> the polite young man who introduced himself as patrick, is a-year-old from nearby lakeland, florida. >> go to the first door on the right. >> his full name is lance patrick reedy. >> married, single, divorced, separated? >> separated. >> emergency contact? >> it would be my mom. >> this is ready's first arrest. he is just one of several thousand men each year who's first brush with the law involves soliciting prostitution. he is out. all right, he has on gray shirt and khaki shorts. >> outside the hotel, police spot another young man out for a

walk on the wild side. >> target in the front door. >> he makes his way up to the date. blissfully unaware that his hand-picked, mouse-clicked woman for hire is a sworn officer of the law, and that his private adventure is about to become a matter of public record. >> he was very nervous, and he first initially wouldn't come up with what he wanted, however, he finally gave her $60, and i think he said he wanted sex. >> all right, go. >> like the other young men who stumbled into the dragnet before him, 23-year-old jose arsolo had no criminal record before tonight. but unlike most, jose does not pretend that this is his first time in the sex for sale marketplace. >> is this your first time using back pages? >> no. >> it's not, is it? >> no. >> jose, you win, the first honest man tonight. >> so this is the first time

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>> at a hotel in polk county, florida, the sheriff's human trafficking task force is conducting an undercover prostitution sting. >> undercovers are on the internet and working the phones, trolling for buyers and sellers of sex. this undercover is on the line with a woman who is bringing a friend along for a two-girl show. >> all right, see you in a minute. >> here they come. >> the undercover welcomes the women into the room and begins the small talk that will ultimately lead to the cash for sex deal. >> it took you all forever. >> they agreed to have have protected zx with both of them for $500.szx with both of them for $500.ezx with both of them for $500.xzx with both of them for $500.x with both of thm

for $500. with both of them for $500. >> i've never done this before. >> that's why i'm here, okay. >> as soon as the terms are set, sheriff's deputies step in and place the women under arrest. 31-year-old latasha bird, and 33-year-old jamila martin are more than 400 miles away from their home in atlanta, georgia. both have prior arrests for assault, and bird also has priors for theft and narcotics. >> how long have you been doing this? is this your first time doing this? >> i haven't did anything. >> miss bird is in no mood to speak with detectives, but her companion is up for a little sparring. she tells police that she and latasha did not agree to accept money for their services. she says they agreed to exchange companionship for 500 roses. >> so you agreed to hang out with a guy for flowers. >> yeah, he was being nice. >> 500 roses? >> that's nice. >> can i ask you exactly what you were going to do with the 500 roses after you got them?

>> take them home and put water in them and look at them. >> 500 of them? >> yes, i am worth it. >> she may or may not know that the vice cops are on the jargon in the sex trade. >> that's a lot of flowers. >> so they know that roses, tulips, flowers, are just slang for dollars. >> it's not going to be the first time i've ever seen that many roses. >> it wouldn't be? what's the most roses you've ever seen? >> 3,000. >> somebody gave you 3,000 roses before? >> yes, bless his little heart. >> where did you put those roses? >> in my garden. >> and i'm going to guess that your definition of a rose is a little bit different than my definition of a rose. i'm going to go on a limb and say this looks more like your rose. check these out. >> his roses are green. >> and they got different presidents on the front. all kidding aside, police recognize that women like latasha and jamila lay their lives on the line every time

they make an out-call, or welcome an in-call. >> prostitution is dangerous. you can hurt doing that. are you going to stop? >> nevertheless, it appears this pair are just too steeped in the game to look for a way out tonight. >> meanwhile, this undercover has arranged a date with another woman advertising sexual services online. >> she's getting off the exit right now. >> just before 11:00 p.m., she arrives at the hotel. >> so are you visiting? >> yeah. >> as soon as the deal is down, sheriff's deputies move in. >> where you from? >> new york. >> new york? >> yeah. >> how long you been out here? >> a week.

>> is this something new, hustling for money? >> i usually don't do it, i just came out here, trying to make some money. >> the woman in custody is a 20-year-old from new york, and also known as mandy. originally from guyana, she has a prior arrest for burglary. but this is her first arrest for prostitution. >> police also detain the people in the vehicle that delivered mandy to the date. her boyfriend, 21-year-old kabir, also from new york, kabir's brother kevin, and kevin's girlfriend, 25-year-old michelle gray. all four had been staying together at kevin and michelle's apartment in nearby zephyr hills. >> this is marijuana, i'm getting ready to use a narc test kit. >> a search of the car, turns up marijuana, illegal in the state of florida. the substance is familiar to the brothers who both have prior arrests for possession. >> she better tell truth.

that we didn't know. she told me, she got a place to clean. >> kabir and kevin say they have no idea mandy was selling sex. they say that she told them she was getting paid to clean hotel rooms. >> police find that story hard to believe. >> obviously, you would know if she's working. you're with her 24/7. >> she said she does cleaning jobs. she is always cleaning the hotels. >> come on, man! let me ask you a question, it is 11:00 at night and you are smart guys, and you really expect us to believe that you drove all of the way offhere with her dressed likeb that at 11:00 at night for her to go clean a hotel room. serious? how long has she been posting? >> i really don't know. >> how do you really not know? you're with her 24/7. >> she's with somebody or has friends. something like that. >> i had a feeling that that's

what she was doing. but i've been told by everybody that's not what she's doing. >> for her part, kevin's girlfriend, michelle, said she believed mandy's cleaning woman's story because she trusted her boyfriend and his brother kabir. >> she's putting gas in your tank. >> the problem is, michelle accepted $30 in gas money from mandy in exchange for transportation. >> who do you know that goes and cleans a hotel room for 30 minutes and hey, drop me off and i will clean a hotel room and come back many 30 minutes and comes back with $300 or $400 in cash and gives you $40 or $50 from it. >> in the eyes of the law, she's deriving proceeds from prostitution. >> if you're cooperative, more than likely, the prosecutor will send your case to diversion. >> okay. >> i don't know what your criminal history is like, have you ever been arrested before?

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>> who's your girlfriend? >> a car load of friends is under arrest after one of the group is nabbed in an undercover prostitution sting. 20-year-old gatry, also known as mandy, agreed to engage in sex with an undercover officer for $200. her boyfriend, kabir, his brother kevin and kevin's girlfriend michelle were smoking pot in the car that delivered mandy to the date. police want to know if they're profiting from mandy's labor. >> how long have you done this? >> i did it about three times. >> a resident of new york, mandy tells police that she and kabir have been staying in florida

with kevin and michelle for less than a week, but she had been selling sex in new york six months prior. >> when you make money, who et goes it? >> my boyfriend. does your boyfriend make you do it? >> at first she said her boyfriend had no idea. but he had his suspicions. after a warning from his father. >> this one day, he asked to use the car, came back with the money, showed my dad. and couple days later, my dad and i got to arguing, and he told me what she's doing, selling herself. i didn't want to like -- i didn't want to hear that. i just didn't want to hear that crap, but i just kept going along with it. >> how much money were you making off of it? >> so everything you do, all the money you make, goes to support you and him?

who's paying your part of the bills? >> she is. >> and where is she getting her money from? >> last time i know, her mom's sending her some. >> where's she getting her money from? >> this is the first -- this was the first time she's had a job. since she came here. >> a job doing what? >> like this right here. >> prostituting? >> yeah. >> kabir will be charged with deriving proceeds from prostitution. in florida, that is legalese for pimping. >> why are you doing this? >> mandy will be charged with prostitution. >> i know you're scared, honey. you need to be scared. you're going down a direction in life that you do not need to be going. you have a lot going for you. >> police hope a night in jail might help her reconsider the wisdom of further involvement from people like kabir. >> who are you protecting? are you scared of him? why are you scared? >> because i have nowhere to go.

>> do you think for a second, if he's allowing you to do this to yourself, do you think he gives a shit about you? the only person that is going to get you out of this mess is you. there are tons of people that can help you. all right? but you have to be the one to set yourself in the right direction. >> i'm just really pissed off right now. really pissed off. because i should not be here. i shouldn't be here. >> michelle gray maintains her innocence and expresses feelings of betrayal after placing trust in her boyfriend's brother kabir and his girlfriend mandy. >> i'm so tired of trusting people. like, i just hate it, because i feel like a lot of times my gut is always right about people. >> when you talk to her about, hey, listen, i think he may be prostituting, what did she say? >> i never brought it up to her, but i would tell my fiancee, this is kind of fishy. >> michelle said she had

suspicions about mandy, but despite the suspicions, she still accepted money to transport mandy to three dates in the previous week, and in the eyes of the law, ignorance is no defense. >> have you ever been arrested before? >> no, ma'am. i'm just trying to do my job. i've been with the company seven years. i don't want to have to get fired or anything. i love my job. i wouldn't change it for anything. waitressing is good money for me, because i'm just trying to go to school, pay my bills and live like a productive member of society. >> michelle's emotions boil over with an expression of anger directed at mandy. police quickly settle her down before the situation can escalate. >> i'm sorry. i'm just really pissed off. because i'm never in trouble. you know what i mean? this is the last thing i want or need, you know? i could throw up right now.

>> michelle ultimately decides that her boyfriend kevin and his brother kabir are blameless tonight. she reserves all or animus for mandy. >> i don't know what everybody knew, from the boys. i feel like they're clueless. they don't know. >> really? are they clueless? do you think they're clueless? >> unless they play a really good game. for all i know, they could be playing. i don't know. i can't trust anybody right now. >> mandy, do you have anything to say, michelle's being charged with a felony, do you have anything to say? i'm sorry. >> really? you're sorry. >> they're all shipped off to the polk county jail. >> there's one more female and one more male. >> but police are careful to stow mandy and michelle in separate compartments to prevent any altercations in transit. >> watch your head when you step in. >> polk county sheriff grady judd says the take-away from a case like this, everyone involved in an act of

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>> as the clock strikes midnight, polk county sheriff's police are heading into the home stretch of a human trafficking sting. a dozen arrestees from earlier in the day are packed up and shipped off to jail. but despite all the police activity in the hotel hallways, women are still showing up for dates with undercover

detectives. >> they're in the hallway. grab them. >> forced to think on his feet, the undercover tells the woman that police are in the hotel responding to a fight that just occurred in the hallway. it seems to be enough to refocus her attention to the business at hand. sex for sale. >> the woman agrees to oral sex with a condom in exchange for $140. as soon as she tucks the money into her purse, sheriff's deputies make entry and reintroduce themselves. >> hello again. you're under arrest. >> for what? i didn't do anything. for what? i didn't do anything. >> i'm just here to secure you. i don't know the details of the case. >> the woman in custody is dorian sawyer from orange city, florida. her willingness to take the undercover bait in the midst of a hallway crawling with deputies is likely an indication of how

desperate she is for money. >> this is your first call of the night? >> first call of my life. >> what were you doing before this? >> i'm a dancer and and a mother. >> while this is doran's first arrest for prostitution, it's this? >> i'm a dancer and and a mother. >> while this is doran's first arrest for prostitution, it's not her first time running afoul of the law. she has prior arrests for grand theft and writing fraudulent checks. she says being an escort is a last resort to support her four children and grandchild. >> that's not a first option for anybody, right? >> to go out -- >> on a date with strange men? >> no, it's not my ideal job, of course not. >> right. >> but i have to feed my kids. >> is there anybody looking after the kids? >> yes, they older kids are. but they don't know.

how am i supposed to tell them? >> they don't know you're at work? >> my kids have no way to know where i'm at. they're going to be worried all night. i was going to be here for an hour and go home. >> fortunately her eldest at home is of legal age. nevertheless, they will all be left to wonder where their mother is, until she can call them from the county jail. meanwhile, this undercover works the last deal of the night. >> there's a female coming in. >> charges on her? >> yes, we do have charges on her. anything but anal for 400 bucks. >> great, how soon can you be here? >> the cash for sex deal is made over the phone. and on the other end of the line, the undercover can hear his woman for hire taking instructions from a man who is obviously telling her what to do. >> yes, i can hear a voice telling her what to say.

>> we have charges on the background, telling her about the price and is that stuff. >> yes, he's the one talking, giving her direction. >> outside the hotel, surveillance units have eyes on a red suv, its male driver and a female passenger. >> the female just walked in, got out of the red dodge durango. >> there she is. >> it's half past midnight when the woman makes her way into the undercover room. the uc already has charges, but he quickly confirms the cash for sex deal. >> go, go, go, go. >> sheriff's office. >> my purse is over there. >> the woman in custody is 20-year-old ashley sandifer of orlando, this is her first

arrest for prostitution. >> can i take my bracelets off? >> give me a second. go ahead and take them off. >> is there an individual out there waiting for you? >> i have a driver. >> i although, she seems concerned, there's no need for ashley to let her driver know what's up. deputies are in the process of informing him personally. >> do you have any weapons on you or anything like that? >> no, sir. >> we're going to roll you. all right? >> yes, sir. >> the so-called driver is 28-year-old marcus owens of orlando. >> do you have a license? no? >> for what it's worth, he's a driver without a driver's license. >> but the rules of the road are the least of mr. owens' worries tonight. police suspect he may be ashley's pimp. >> i was on a long right.

i came in the parking lot to take me a nap, to get some rest. >> ashley's talkative traveling companion has no prior arrests. >> did you drop off a friend? >> no. >> is that why you're here? >> no. >> at first he denies driving ashley anywhere. but it suddenly begins to dawn on him that police know too much, and his nap in the car alibi won't work? >> how am i involved in any prostitution? >> so he moves on to plan b, insisting that he's just a good samaritan offering a ride it a stranger in need. >> y'all don't have no kind of heart, no kind of nothing. >> you brought a girl here to be a prostitute. >> didn't bring nobody here to to nothing. i picked her up on the side of the road. see asked for a ride. >> pimps are the lowest form of human being on the face of the earth. we're after them.

we're going to put them in jail. but more than anything, we're trying to break the cycle of them emotionally and mentally abusing these young ladies. >> our attempt to speak with ashley was unsuccessful. >> ashley, why are you here? did you post an ad? >> can i talk to my lawyer? how about that? >> well, i'm going to about sooner than later. >> well, you can find out later. >> for whatever reason, ashley is simply not ready to seek help tonight. >> it's an all too common frustration for those fighting to stamp out human trafficking. nevertheless, sheriff judd and his team will carry on in their efforts to halt prostitution and human trafficking. >> so if you want to do that, you go to one of these counties or one of these states where they're not looking out for the best interest of people, but if you come here, i'm looking out for those who can't look out for themselves, or won't look out for themselves. you know why?

because it's the right thing to do. ♪ if in a place that calls itself sin city, johns put down big bucks for sex with women who are often trafficked. >> to be a streetwalker, a call girl, this job is the most dangerous job in the world. >> they come lured by bright lights and big dreams, only to be trapped by pimps and racketeers who rig the wheel of fortune against them. >> i see thousands of women that want to get out, and if they could, they would.