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Child slavery: how the digital age has created new opportunities for traffickers of children
On the internet, child pornography and invitation of children for sexual purposes are the most prominent cyber crime, and the distribution of obscene material is the lowest cybercrime prosecution. Indulgence sex trade worldwide has led to increased prostitution, sex tourism and pornography.
More opportunities than ever for dealers Internet
Websites like Craigslist and Facebook have been outbreaks of trafficking of children worldwide, allowing one of the most heinous crimes the world flourish virtually unchecked. Craigslist has been under fire by police across the country almost from its inception due to lack of effort which connects offenders sexual victims. The site's founders have responded to some of the complaints. Last year, withdrew his Craigslist "erotic services" and substituted for "adult services", where an ad is $ 10. Unfortunately, Craigslist, Facebook and ChatRoulette.com can claim to be immune from liability by Section 230 of the Act of 1996 Communications Decency. This law provides for exemption from liability of owners and users of Internet sites that the content provided by others. Regardless of what happens to these websites, with the ability to launch a new site in literally minutes and the dominance of social networks and sites chat, trafficking through the Internet will remain a problem.
Pandemic factor for child trafficking
There are many contributing factors that are driving the growth of child trafficking. One of the main causes of this pandemic was derived from the sex entertainment industry. Many victims of human trafficking are forced to work in this industry or prostitution. The main factor is the demand for pornography and pedophiles that are constantly wanting more. Some believe that pornography the number one driver of child sexual exploitation. Often, children are forced to act in the scenes in hard-core films to paying customers. With relatively minor legal impediments in place, the desire to feed his addiction is causing more people to participate in this illegal industry. According to statistics of child trafficking from the NBC report, an estimated $ 200,000 is made if only one girl from each year. A U.S. report Department of Justice indicates that approximately 300,000 children are at risk of child slavery and sexual exploitation each year, equivalent to an epidemic of multi-billion dollar industry here in the United States. According to UNICEF, an estimated 2.5 million children are exploited worldwide. After drug trafficking is the second global business. The industry collects about 12 billion dollars a year.
U.S. Government joins the internal response
The U.S. government began the implementation of policies against human trafficking in 1998. In 2001, the first report of U.S. State Department was launched on the issue of trafficking. His goal was to create awareness around the world to the question of child slavery. In his introduction to the Trafficking in Persons 2009, the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that ending human trafficking is a priority for the United States the value for human rights we have. Within the report, some countries say they need to strengthen their role in ending the global trade in human beings. As the Department of State works to unite the world in this issue, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice has stepped up its efforts to United States to raise awareness and implement policy on trafficking in children.
Nonprofits Attack increase support from child trafficking
Many nonprofit organizations worldwide have joined the fight against child slavery. Many choose to try to rescue the victims of crime. If they are effective to help many victims, even children are victims every day. The U.S. State Department report states that a strategy effective to stop the trafficking of children to respond to the demand of the matter. As a result, a handful or non-profit helping to mobilize support to combat child sexual predators. SCTNow is a nonprofit organization focused on ending the demand for child trafficking and to assist local authorities in pursuing predators. In addition, special agents of operational support to gather information on child traffickers worldwide that will be used to condemn child sex buyers.
How can you help?
There are many ways to respond and take action against sex trafficking Online:
• Send letters to the founder of Craigslist, Facebook, etc asking for a commitment to reducing human trafficking and sexual exploitation children on their sites.
• Sign petitions advocating for change at the sites that turn a blind eye to trafficking of children.
• Spread the word about their Social networking and link to articles or any other resources you find on the epidemic.
• Report inappropriate web sites that exploit children www.asacp.org.
The fight against trafficking in children is enormous, but organizations and individuals, like you, standing for what is right are making positive moves against this criminal industry booming.
About the Author
Chris Harmen is a writer for Stop Child Trafficking Now. SCTNow is creating awareness on the issue of child slavery and is dedicated to bringing an end to trafficking children.
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