“Exploited: Inside the Dark World of Child Trafficking” is a 10-part series by IndyStar columnist Tim Swarens, with the support of a Society of Professional Journalists fellowship. Swarens spent more than a year investigating the lucrative trade where children are abused at low risk to buyers or traffickers. In “Part VI: The ‘Choices’ That Lead to Sex Work” Swarens details how human traffickers prey on vulnerabilities and few are more vulnerable than those living on the streets.

Read Part I here.

Read Part II here.

Read Part III here.

Read Part IV here.

Read Part V here.