Child trafficking

http://www.missingkids.com/en_US/documents/CCSE_Fact_Sheet.pdf
-how a child becomes a victim
-targeted, tricked, traumatized
-statistics and barriers
http://resources.ecpat.net/EI/Csec_definition.asp
-definition
http://www.popline.org/node/187827
-internet children and pornography
http://arkofhopeforchildren.org/child-trafficking/child-trafficking-statistics
-76% of transactions for sex of underage girls start on the internet
-2/3 victims girls 1/3 boys


A child becomes a victim by being targeted by a pimp or trafficker, tricked into trusting them or taken against their will, and is then traumatized by what they are forced to do. Of the children taken and victimized 2/3 are girls and 1/3 are boys. The internet has made child sex trafficking easier and more accessible to the public. 76% of transactions for sex of underage girls start on the internet, and many are exploited by being forced to commit sexual acts with adults. there are laws to prevent the exploitation of children over the internet, but no country can say that they are free of this problem, or can completely stop it from happening.