Sex Trafficking Isn't An 'Over There' Issue: 100,000 U.S. Kids Are Sold Into It Every Year

Story originally published on November 2, 2014

ECPAT-USA, an NGO that works to prevent the commercial sexual exploitation of children in the US, has released a new campaign highlighting the large number of American minors forced into the sex trade. The campaign reveals that more than 100,000 children are victims of sex trafficking in the US.  Carol Smolenski, the executive director of ECPAT-USA said that the primary targets of sexual exploitation are children in abusive families or situations, runaways, homeless children and foster children. ECPAT has developed a training program to help the hospitality industry identify and respond to child sexual exploitation.

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