Nothing happens just because we are aware,but nothing will ever happen until we are aware -Gary haugen
What is Human Trafficking?
Human trafficking is trade of human for the reasons of forced labor, sexual slavery or commercial sexual exploitation of the traffickers themselves.
Statistics of Child Sex Trafficking
child trafficking victims all come from a backgrounds of boys and girls for labor,sex trafficking.The age span from a wide range starting from 1 to 18 years old. Children are often trafficked out of the united states or into the states in all regions in the world. They may be brought to the U.S legally or smudged in. Children are most vulnerable to kidnappers, pimps, and professional brokers. Some children are sold by their own families, who might not have the full idea of what the child will or have to go through. 1.2 Children are being trafficked each year. According to (UNODC) United Nations Office On Drugs and Crime reports the percentage of child victims have risen in a 3 year span from 20% to 27%. When internal trafficking victims were added to the estimate,number of victims in the range is of 2 to 4 million, 50% of these victims are children. Estimated to 76% of transaction for sex with under age girls starts off on the internet. 4.5 million of trafficked victims are sexually exploited,up to 300,000 Americans under 18 are lured into commercial sex trade every year. For the average age a victims enters trafficking is 11 to 14 years old. From resources 80% are women and children brought, sold, and imprisoned in an underground sex service industry.
Preventative measures for parents and children
Physical and mental consequences child and adult victims of exploitation can face a number of long-term health problems such as.
sleep and eating disorders.
Sexually transmitted diseases.
HIV/AIDS, pelvic pain, rectal trauma. Difficulties from working in the sex industry.
Drug addiction
chronic back, beaning, cardiovascular or respiratory problems from endless days toiling in dangerous agriculture, sweatshop or construction conditions.
Fear and Anxiety.
Depression, mood changes.
Guilt and shame.
Cultural shook from finding themselves in a different country.
Programmatic stress disorder.
Traumatic bonding with the trafficker.
From all the consequences the child and adult victims go thought the best solution would be to help prevent anyone from going though this and having health problems all throughout life. To help prevent trafficking from happening some much, would be to start a club or community group to help spot out traffickers on the move to catch their next victim. To prevent child trafficking would be to reestablish the foster home to reduce the runaway children who are contently being trafficked. The child must know what human trafficking is because if the go somewhere by themselves without any parent super vision they could most-likely get trafficked without even knowing whats really happening. If anyone notices or sees human trafficking happening call the Nation Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888: an anti-trafficking hotline advocates are available 24/7 or text when seeing trafficking happening at 233733.