Young girls and women, bought and sold, first to work in prostitution. That's slavery. We choose to believe that they are prostitutes and we don't look into it.

You can buy 10 girls in one night, if you want to. You can say, 'I want a 13-, a 16-, a 17-, and a 21-year-old,' and you can buy them all like that.

To you, it's a human being. To them, it's not. To them, it's income. It's a way of making money.

It?s on the street. It?s impossible not to see. It?s not a secret industry. It?s right in your face.

The gravel road widened into a large turnaround where three similar looking and designed brothels sat waiting for customers. They were called Sheila's Front Porch, Tawny's High Five Ranch and Miss Delilah's House of Holies.

"Nice," Rachel said as we surveyed the scene. "why are these places always named after women -- as if women actually own them?"

"You got me. I guess Mister Dave's House of Holies wouldn't go over so well with the guys."

Rachel smiled.

"You're right. I guess it's a shrewd move. Name a place of female degradation and slavery after a female and it doesn't sound so bad, does it? It's packaging.

The investigation began when one of the victims was arrested for prostitution by Hartford Police. The women involved were all from out of state.