by Victorious Heart

Created on: September 24, 2009   Last Updated: September 26, 2009

Child Slavery and trafficking humans for sex

Human trafficking is defined as the following:

Human trafficking - the sale, transport and profit from human beings who are forced to work for others - is the modern equivalent of slavery. Against their will, millions of people around the world are forced to work for the profit of others, for example by begging, prostitution, involuntary servitude, working in sweatshops - even becoming

child soldiers.

According to the Polaris Project, one of many international organizations working to end modern slavery, human trafficking is the third largest criminal industry in the world after arms and drug dealing. It is however the fastest growing criminal activity. Somewhere in the order of 27 million people around the world are estimated to be victims of slavery, with approximately 50% of these victims being under the age of 18. In other words, children. UNICEF, the UN's agency for children's welfare, estimates that one million children will be forced into prostitution alone this year.

Taken from: http://www.urbanministry.org/wiki/human-trafficking- definition-prevalence-and-causes

Human trafficking is a serious global issue that is taking place world wide, not just in far away places like Russia, Europe, Asia, the Gulf States but also here in Canada and the US as well. In fact, the United States has the largest market for human slavery. Quite shocking isn't it? A 2004 report by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) states that 600-800 men, women and children are trafficked from the Canadian border into the US.

The US State Department reports 600,000-820,000 men, women and children are trafficked each year, 80% women/ girls and 50% children. Over 200,000 children living in the US are at a huge risk of being trafficked into the sex industry. The most common victims are the children living in impoverished conditions hoping to help their families survive, runaways, parents that agonize over the decision to sell their child to pay off debts or for financial gain, refugees seeking to escape their country under the impression that they will be set free once across the border, and those that are taken against their will.

Unfortunately there is a huge market such as this for the disturbing appetite of the many predators and pedophiles looking for young children to meet their dark and twisted desires. These men profit greatly off of the sexual exploitation of women and children. Many young children (both boys and girls) living in

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