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Report Human Trafficking
~~Often, human trafficking victims are found and rescued because individuals notice something unusual, and call the National Human Trafficking Hotline to report it.

If you suspect a person is being held against their will, call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-3737-888, or email at nhtrc@polarisproject.org. The hotline is available 24 hours a day/7 days a week and is confidential. Interpreters are also available.

Child sexual exploitation is the involvement of a child or young person below 18 in sexual activity for which a remuneration of cash or ‘in kind’ is given to the child or young person, or a third party or person. The perpetrator will have power over the young person by virtue of one or more of the following: age, emotional maturity, gender, physical strength and intellect (Palmer, 2001)

SHANIYA DAVIS
Victim of sex trafficking - by her own mother.

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What Is Human Trafficking?

What Is the Extent of Human Trafficking in the United States ?

Contrary to a common assumption, human trafficking is not just a problem in other countries. Cases of human trafficking have been reported in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and some U.S. territories. Victims of human trafficking can be children or adults, U.S. citizens or foreign nationals, male or female.

According to U.S. government estimates, thousands of men, women, and children are trafficked to the United States for the purposes of sexual and labor exploitation. An unknown number of U.S. citizens and legal residents are trafficked within the country primarily for sexual servitude and, to a lesser extent, forced labor.
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"Each year, millions of children fall prey to sexual predators. Experts estimate that one-in-five girls and one-in-10 boys in the United States will be sexually exploited before they reach adulthood. These young victims are left with permanent psychological, physical and emotional scars." U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/

"Each year an estimated 800,000 to 900,000 human beings are bought, sold, or forced across the world's borders [2003 U.S. State Department estimate]. Among them are hundreds of thousands of teenage girls, and others as young as 5, who fall victim to the sex trade." http://www.justice.gov/criminal/ceos/trafficking.html How You Can Help Report suspicious activity to ICE by telephone or e-mail: 1-866-DHS-2ICE or Operation.Predator@dhs.gov. Report suspected child sexual exploitation or missing children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) 1-800-843-5678 or www.cybertipline.com" target="_blank">www.cybertipline.com.

"SEX TRAFFICKING is the systematic and organized transport of women and children for the purpose of sex for profit. Whether domestic or international, sex trafficking subject women and children to grave abuse, slavery and exploitation.

The growing global sex trade that preys upon women and children, needs immediate action.

The Purple Rose Campaign is a massive global campaign to expose and fight sex trafficking and its perpetrators. The Purple Rose Campaign shall bring together the broadest number of individuals for awareness-raising and mass actions, worldwide,against the global sex trade.

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