HOUSTON – NRG Stadium — best known for football games and concerts — on Wednesday became the first sports and entertainment venue designated a “No Trafficking Zone” after a Houston woman who says she was trafficked there returned to share her experience and help launch the safety initiative.

Courtney Litvak, now a survivor advocate with the nonprofit No Trafficking Zone, told attendees that sex trafficking does not always look like a violent abduction. She described being groomed in high school and later being moved among trafficking networks that brought her to cities across the country, including Houston.

“More common than not, it’s not a physical kidnapping… it’s a kidnapping of your mind,” Litvak said, adding that traffickers often present themselves as protectors before building co

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