In my mind there isn't much worse than child sex slavery. I honestly think God would not put me in this mission field because I would be afraid of what I would do to someone committing these crimes. I know what you're thinking, I shouldn't say that because that it will probably where God will put me next. Even talking about it has upset me for days and writing this will ensure that I won't get much sleep tonight. Did you know:
- Child/Human Trafficking is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world. Child/ human trafficking is the world’s second largest criminal enterprise, after drugs. U.S. State Department
- The global market of child trafficking at over $12 billion a year with over 1.2 million child victims. UNICEF
- 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 Centre 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 paedophiles who molest girls is 20, for paedophiles 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
- Investigators and researchers estimate the average predator in the U.S. can make more than $200,000 a year off one young girl. NBC Report by Teri Williams
- An average serial child molester may have as many as 400 victims in his lifetime. Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Study
- Child pornography is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States right now. Nationally, there has been a 2500% increase in arrests in 10 years. FBI
- The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, which helps to identify and locate children in pornography photos and videos, says it’s staff reviewed more than 10.5 million images in 2009 alone.
- Reports of exploited children grow every year, in 2009, the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children received more than 120,000 reports on its cyber tip line. In 2010, the number grew to over 160,000 with the vast majority being from child pornography.
I love to hear stories of amazing people fighting again this, people from around the world giving their lives to save the lives of children who deserve better.
Unfortunately I have recently seen something that made me sick to my stomach,
I can't even begin to imagine who came up with this slogan but it seems to me someone is having a joke. I'm all about seeing funny things in horrible situations, in fact I have laughed my way through many horrible situations to save myself from crying. But really child sex slavery is not funny and how dare these people infect the public with this horrific excuse for a campaign. As a missionary I see people working extremely hard in the fight against anti-trafficking and see people who have worked endlessly to help those in need on a minimal budget. Then suddenly anti-trafficking is the 'in' topic and famous people rush to start campaigns throwing money at tv ads and t-shirts and slogans. My question is do they really care? Will they be able to spend all their time and effort helping these people or when the next big thing comes up will they run to that and throw their weight against that. Please don't get me wrong, I am happy that people are interested. I’m glad that money is flowing in because it needs to be stopped. What I hate are celebrities thinking that they know best and creating add campaigns that are a joke. It's important that more people actually do things to help and do less trying to spread the word, do more, say less.
What do you think of this?
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