After the disappearance of her daughter, Marita, Susana began her career as an investigator, uncovering a chilling criminal network of human trafficking. In her fight, she has uncovered trafficking networks in Argentina that operate in the La Rioja, Tucumán, Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Santa Cruz provinces.
In the search for her daughter, she has managed to free more than a hundred victims, including 17 Argentine women who were forced into prostitution in Bilbao, Burgos and Vigo, Spain.
She helped many of the women that were rescued by offering them shelter and helping them reconnect with their families. On Oct. 19, 2007, she founded the Fundación María de los Ángeles, through which she continues to receive crime tips and helps human trafficking victims with a team of professionals. Thanks to her work, human trafficking is gaining attention from the public as well as different public organizations in Argentina. In July 2008, she and the Fundación María de los Ángeles opened the first refuge created specifically for human trafficking victims. Many aid protocols in Buenos Aires and in Córdoba have been copied from this project.
In 2008, the fictional show, “Vidas Robadas” (“Stolen Lives”), was broadcasted by Telefe based on the kidnapping of Marita and the fight of Susana Trimarco. Susana, along with the Fundación team, offered guidance to the scriptwriter, Marcelo Camaño, with the hope that the script would accurately relate the methods the mafias used and use in human trafficking. This show was essential in making Argentine people aware of this type of crime.
On Nov. 25, 2008, the play “Mika”, inspired by the story of Susana and Marita, was performed at the United Nations headquarters in New York for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
In Dec. 2008, she was invited by Mikel Irujo, from the European Parliament, to expose the human trafficking problems in Argentina in front of representatives from different political parties. Sr. Hans-Gert Pottering, the European Parliament president, welcomed her.
In March 2009, she was invited to the Preliminary Meeting of the Civil Society for the Second Meeting of the National Authorities on Human Trafficking, representing Argentina and offering recommendations based on her experiences and the experiences of the institution.
In March 2010, she participated in the “Regional Seminar on Human Trafficking”, sponsored by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the Swedish government, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Here she discussed the sexual exploitation of women and human trafficking.
In April 2010, the documentary, “Fragmentos de una búsqueda” (“Fragments of a Search”), by Pablo Milstein and Norberto Ludin, was premiered. Filmed in 2007–2008, the documentary follows the path of Susana and her family in their search for Marita.
In September of the same year, she was part of the “Segundo Encuentro María Cher. Mujeres que Inspiran.” (“Second María Cher Conference. Women who Inspire.”), which was directed towards entrepreneurial women, women in executive positions, professionals, independents, and all those who look for inspiration from feminine leadership. Trimarco was able to tell her life story in front of 500 women who were moved by her story.
In Dec. 2010, she opened the Centro Materno Infantil, which offered comprehensive attention to and defense of children of human trafficking victims during their first years of life. At the Centro, the mothers can learn self-help actions and strategies related to education and/or training, among others.
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