“I’d bet every 16-year-old girl in Fresno has received a message that they didn’t know was from a recruiter. They’re recruited while sitting next to their parents in the living room. Mom or dad may be reading the newspaper or watching TV while she’s on her phone.” The Fresno Bee with a special report on sex trafficking in their backyard: ‘Every 16-year-old girl in Fresno’ has been targeted by sex trade recruiters.