By: Clair Lorch
All children have fundamental rights they are born with. The UN states ten rights of a child on: http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources/plainchild.asp. Number two talks about the right to grow up free and with dignity. Number four states that children have the right to protection and good food, housing, and medical services. Number nine specifically talks about the right of a child - no matter what race, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion - to be protected against cruel acts or exploitation. (http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources/plainchild.asp) Child trafficking violates all of these rights these kids are born with. It is formally described as the movement of a young person for the purpose of exploitation. Human trafficking is the second largest source of illegal income worldwide, with drugs being the first. UNICEF estimates that every year 1.2 million children are trafficked. (http://www.stopthetraffik.org/the-scale-of-human-traffiking)
Here are some crazy statistics about child trafficking to put this whole problem into perspective:
- 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
- 600,000 to 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.
-An average serial child molester may have as many as 400 victims in his lifetime.
(http://www.sctnow.org/contentpages.aspx?parentnavigationid=5827&viewcontentpageguid=29d295d1-5818-4e7a-bde1-f61690fa44a8)
More Global Statistics:
- Percentage of victims identified: 0.4%
- Ratio of convicted offenders to victims identified: 8.5 to 100
Some U.S. Statistics:
-Average ages of American minors entering sex trade: 12-14 years old
- Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego are three of FBI’s highest child sex trafficking areas in the nation
- The internet has fueled the rapid growth of sex trafficking making it easier than ever
(http://www.caseact.org/learn/humantrafficking/)
Hopefully those statistics can show you just how close to home child trafficking actually hits. It’s a real problem, but help isn’t out of our reach. For different signs of someone being trafficked, here’s just one website you can check out: http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/11_16/control/child-trafficking/
All children have fundamental rights they are born with. The UN states ten rights of a child on: http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources/plainchild.asp. Number two talks about the right to grow up free and with dignity. Number four states that children have the right to protection and good food, housing, and medical services. Number nine specifically talks about the right of a child - no matter what race, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion - to be protected against cruel acts or exploitation. (http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources/plainchild.asp) Child trafficking violates all of these rights these kids are born with. It is formally described as the movement of a young person for the purpose of exploitation. Human trafficking is the second largest source of illegal income worldwide, with drugs being the first. UNICEF estimates that every year 1.2 million children are trafficked. (http://www.stopthetraffik.org/the-scale-of-human-traffiking)
Here are some crazy statistics about child trafficking to put this whole problem into perspective:
- 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
- 600,000 to 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.
-An average serial child molester may have as many as 400 victims in his lifetime.
(http://www.sctnow.org/contentpages.aspx?parentnavigationid=5827&viewcontentpageguid=29d295d1-5818-4e7a-bde1-f61690fa44a8)
More Global Statistics:
- Percentage of victims identified: 0.4%
- Ratio of convicted offenders to victims identified: 8.5 to 100
Some U.S. Statistics:
-Average ages of American minors entering sex trade: 12-14 years old
- Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego are three of FBI’s highest child sex trafficking areas in the nation
- The internet has fueled the rapid growth of sex trafficking making it easier than ever
(http://www.caseact.org/learn/humantrafficking/)
Hopefully those statistics can show you just how close to home child trafficking actually hits. It’s a real problem, but help isn’t out of our reach. For different signs of someone being trafficked, here’s just one website you can check out: http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/11_16/control/child-trafficking/
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