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Hey I watched Oprah today which i can say I usually do not do. It was a disturbing episode in which Oprah exposed Child sex trafficking so here are the facts and some useful sites.
Think it's not happening in your neighborhood? Think again. Get the facts on child sex trafficking, and let your voice be heard.
What You Need to Know
Sex Trafficking is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act in which a commercial
sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person forced to perform such an act is under the age of 18 years.
An estimated $9.5 billion is generated in annual revenue from all trafficking activities, with at least $4 billion attributed to the worldwide brothel industry.
(Ibid.)
An estimated 2 million children, the majority of them girls, are sexually exploited in the multibillion dollar commercial sex industry. (UNICEF)
An estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked each year. (UNICEF)
Around the world between 50 and 60 percent of the children who are trafficked into sexual slavery are under age 16.
Human trafficking is the second-largest organized crime in the world.
25 percent of all child sex tourists around the world are U.S. citizens.
The largest number of people trafficked into the United States come from East Asia and the Pacific (5,000 to 7,000 victims). The next highest numbers come
from Latin America and from Europe and Eurasia, with between 3,500 and 5,500 victims from each. (U.S. Departments of Justice, Health & Human Services,
State, Labor, Homeland Security, Agriculture, and the U.S. Agency for International Development. 2004. Assessment of U.S. Government Activities to Combat
Trafficking in Persons. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice.)
What You Can Do
The government has taken steps to address trafficking both nationally and globally. But we want them to take more action—find out how you can use your voice
(and words) to help stop child sex trafficking.
Related Resources
Charities
The Center to End Adolescent Sexual Exploitation
404-224-4549
Veronica's Voice
www.veronicasvoice.org
Breaking Free
They take in trafficked and prostituted women and girls.
651-645-6557
SAGE Project, or Standing Against Global Exploitation Project Project
A nonprofit organization with the aim of bringing an end to the commercial sexual exploitation of children and adults.
www.sageprojectinc.org
Bilateral Coalition
An alliance of over 60 government and nonprofit agencies in the United States and Latin America convened to combat slavery and human trafficking.
www.bsccoalition.org
Other Child Trafficking Prevention Resources
The Initiative Against Sexual Trafficking
www.iast.net
ECPAT, or End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes
A global network dedicated to eliminating the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
212-717-2530
www.ecpat.net
International Justice Mission
An extensive study of the injustices witnessed by overseas missionaries and relief and development workers.
www.ijm.org
Terrify No More: Young Girls Held Captive and the Daring Undercover Operation to Win Their Freedom by Gary A. Haugen and Gregg Hunter
This book tells the true story of how workers from International Justice Mission infiltrated a ring of brothels and freed children working there.
World Vision
Driven by faith and in partnership with people, World Vision seeks to enable the world's children to realize their God-given potential by tackling the root
causes of poverty.
www.worldvision.org
Free the Slaves
A non-profit organization working to end slavery worldwide.
Phone: 202-638-1865
Trafficking Victims Outreach & Services
www.tvosnetwork.org
Well don't get me wrong, what's happening to those kids is truly disturbing. But guys, I believe the reason jenny made this topic is really because she's just jealous that they overlooked her. They wanted the kids that were small and thin and pail. She just didn't make the cut!
Go to www.oprah.com and search for child sex trafficking and you will find this and other articles.
wow I thought this would have been read more and smething said oh well