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The fact that they’re underage will actually make these children MORE valuable to those pimps, because if they know their clientele well, they can charge a premium for access to underage “merchandise.” Those that don’t know their clients well will simply burn out the children by making them take 8-12 clients a night.
As many as 2.8 million children run away each year in the US. Within 48 hours of hitting the streets, one-third of these children are lured or recruited into the underground world of prostitution and pornography. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
The average age of entry for children victimized by the sex trade industry is 12 years. U.S. Department of Justice
Approximately 80% of human trafficking victims are women and girls and up to 50% are minors. U.S. State Department
The average number of victims for non-incestuous pedophiles who molest girls is 20, for pedophiles who prefer boys 100! The Association For the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA)
300,000 children in the U.S. are at risk every year for commercial sexual exploitation. U.S. Department of Justice
600,000 – 800,000 people are bought and sold across international borders each year; 50% are children, most are female. The majority of these victims are forced into the commercial sex trade. U.S. Department of State, 2004, Trafficking in Persons Report, Washington, D.C.
An estimated 14,500 to 17,500 foreign nationals are trafficked into the United States each year. The number of U.S. citizens trafficked within the country is even higher, with an estimated 200,000 American children at risk for trafficking into the sex industry. U.S. Department of Justice Report to Congress from Attorney General John Ashcroft on U.S. Government Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons
originally posted by: Char-Lee
a reply to: ANNED
I have not seen any pictures of these thousands of children not even from a distance, has anyone?
originally posted by: Night Star
originally posted by: Char-Lee
a reply to: ANNED
I have not seen any pictures of these thousands of children not even from a distance, has anyone?
YES! Pictures of people sitting elbow to elbow. Floors covered with sleeping people, close together like sardines. People in caged areas. There have been plenty of pictures. No one knows what to do with them all. They have been bussed all over the USA and States can't afford to care for them.
I have seen pictures like that but not of lone children. Do you have a link to pictures of lone children by the thousands?