“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 X: No Person is Beyond Hope” Swarens tells the story of Kathi Hardy, who after 15 arrests and years of addiction left the sex trade and now helps others do the same.

Read Part I here.

Read Part II here.

Read Part III here.

Read Part IV here.

Read Part V here.

Read Part VI here.

Read Part VII here.

Read Part VIII here.

Read Part IX here.