San Francisco: 4 Part Series on Sex Trafficking

You Mi Kim, former sex trafficking victim is now a student. Chronicle/Deanne Fitzmaurice

Last month the San Francisco Chronicle published an in-depth 4-part series about sex trafficking, focusing on a young Korean woman named You Mi, a former sex slave in one of the city's massage parlors. Reporter Meredith May tells You Mi's story in the following four articles, while photographer Deanne Fitzmaurice tells the story with pictures:

Part 1: San Francisco Is A Major Center For International Crime Networks That Smuggle And Enslave

*Photo gallery that accompanies part one.

Part 2: A YOUTHFUL MISTAKE You Mi was a typical college student, until her first credit card got her into trouble

*Photo gallery that acompanies part two.

Part 3: BOUGHT AND SOLD You Mi is put into debt bondage -- life becomes an endless cycle of sex with strangers

*Photo gallery that accompanies part three.

Part 4: FREE, BUT TRAPPED In San Francisco, You Mi begins to put her life back together -- but the cost is high

*Photo gallery that accompanies part four.