Monica Hernandez / Eyewitness News
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NEW ORLEANS - Carnival may be in full swing, but beneath the revelry, there's also a dark underbelly.
Experts say during major events like Carnival, there will be an increase of women who were forced into the sex trade hitting the streets.
“One minute I was dreaming about becoming a nurse at the age of 10, and then at 12 years old, I'm tied up in a basement being shot up with drugs and beat and raped,” said Clemmie Greenlee, a sex-trafficking survivor.