A mother’s heartbreaking story about her daughter, who was trafficked, is being used to save other families and stop the cycle of trafficking and addiction.

A woman who was sex trafficked by her stepfather as a child says this type of crime is happening all around us every day.

Shiron Walter Hughes, 37, is charged with trafficking of a person under 18.

During a two-week operation in August, the FBI and state and local authorities across the county rescued more than 80 minors in a sex trafficking investigation.