Saturday, 23 October 2010 23:59 by
O.A.T.H.Foster care children are at a greater risk for sex trafficking for a number of reasons. First, children in foster care often come from backgrounds of abuse and neglect, and some of them may find sexual or physical abuse has been the norm in their life.
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Populations of foster children also often overlap with populations of runaway and homeless youth, who because of their lack of resources are vulnerable to street pimps. And in many parts of the country, the foster care system is so broken that kids can slip through the cracks without ever being noticed. When a child with no family, no support, and no place to sleep is offered all those things by a pimp, it often sounds like a dream come true.
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One FBI agent in Florida recently estimated the number at 70%. Some shelter directors believe eight out of ten trafficked kids come from foster care.
Read more at: End Human Trafficking | change.org
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The Trafficking In Persons 2010 Report was released June 14 by the US Department of State and for the first time in the 10 years history of reporting the United States has listed itself among the countries being monitored for this crime of modern day slavery.
- The United States is listed as a source, transit and destination country for men, women, and children.
- More US citizens, both adult and children are found in sex trafficking than in labor trafficking.
- US citizen child victims of sex trafficking are often runaway and homeless youth.
- More Foreign National victims are found in labor trafficking than sex trafficking.
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To view the full 373 page report go to:
http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2010/142751.htm
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Monday, 25 January 2010 03:30 by
O.A.T.H.A recent study interviewing 700 men that pay for sex with prostitutes uncovers emabarrasment, shame, guilt and dissatisfaction from many of the men... "unfulfilled, empty, still lonely". One third of the men admitted to knowing that the women had been trafficked from other countries and half understand that these women are mistreated by their pimps. Another study done in 2005 discovered that the number of men paying for sex with prostitutes has doubled in the last decade. Only 6% of the men interviewed had ever been fined or arrested for soliciting prostitutes.
See article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jan/15/why-men-use-prostitutes4ed05d06-f833-493e-acd1-b6168dc05f51|1|5.0
The latest report of Sex Trafficking here in America was just released through Shared Hope in Washington D.C. 10 cities in America were assessed in this report including Dallas to our South and Kansas City to our North.
The key finding of this report on domestic trafficking in America is"Misidentification of Victims". Misidentification causes a chain reaction of negative outcomes that re-traumatize or even criminalize the victim while the trafficker walks free.
This occurs at all levels: First Responders / Law Enforcement / Homeless & Runaway Shelters / Court Adjudication / Social Services / Medical Clinics
Misidentification can be remedied only through awareness and education. See full report at our recent articles section below on right side.
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Saturday, 18 April 2009 02:00 by
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A child is reported missing every 40 seconds in America. That is 2000 per day or 800,000 per year... and an estimated 500,000 are not reported. In 1999, a report by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children revealed that 1,682,900 youth were runaways or throwaways. A new report by the Department of Justice shows evidence that 300,000 of these children are at risk each year of commercial sex trafficking. This is not a minor issue in our society... it not just the poor or minorities, it is not just troubled kids... we have an epidemic of child abuse that must stop.
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Saturday, 31 January 2009 01:21 by
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A University of Pennsylvania report on Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in America notes:
- Over 1 million children are currently involved in sex trafficking in US
- Half the children in America involved in sex trafficking are African-American (US born citizens)
- Poverty is the main driving issue, but many also come from middle-class families
- Child sexual abuse is currently the least frequently reported abuse in America
- 47% of child sexual abuse confirmed cases were committed by a family member, 49% by a friend of family, only 4% committed by a stranger
- 1/2 of all reported sex abuse cases are of children 12 or younger, 1/3 of all rape cases
- Greatest age of risk for females is 14, drops to half the peak at age 17, and 1/5 the peak by age 27
- Over half of those rescued from sex trafficking admit to being physically or sexually abused before leaving home
- Most runaways are female, between the ages of 11-17 years old
- Traffickers use other children already involved to invite and trap victims
See the full report on our Recent Articles Link section
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Saturday, 24 January 2009 09:48 by
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More than 1200 Incidents of Human Trafficking reported in US: Between January 2007 and September 2008, there were 1,229 alleged incidents of human trafficking in the United States, according to the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics. The bureau says that 83 percent of the incidents involved sex trafficking, 32 percent involved sex trafficking of children, and 12 percent involved labor trafficking. Women were most likely to be victims, accounting for 90 percent of all trafficking victims and 99 percent of those involved in sex trafficking. 63 percent of sex trafficking victims were US citizens, with Hispanics and Asians the next most affected, with Hispanics making up 37 percent of the alleged sex trafficking victims and 56 percent of labor victims. Perpetrators were overwhelming male, making up nearly 8 in 10 of the suspects.
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