Title: What are the statistics on human trafficking of children?
Headings: Child trafficking Statistics
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Child Trafficking Statistics
Child trafficking Statistics
U.S. & International
Statistics compiled by Ark of Hope for Children
Where do trafficked children come from?
The numbers;
The impact;
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According to non-governmental U.S. sources;
Physical and Mental Consequences of Trafficking for victims;
Pull factors;
Trafficking Victims:
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Runaways:
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Content: Approximately 55% of street girls, and a good percentage of boys, engage in formal prostitution and some think it is much higher than that. This means that a child client who has been homeless or living on the street for any amount of time has a great likelihood of having been sexually exploited or trafficked. The sexual exploitation of children is not limited to particular racial, ethnic or socioeconomic groups, although children from poor families appear to be at somewhat higher risk of commercial sexual exploitation. In fact, most of the street children encountered in the study were Caucasian youths who had run away from middle-class families. One clear theme is the is proportionate number of street youth who have histories of recurrent physical or sexual abuse at home and took to the streets in a desperate effort to bring their abuse to an end. According to these researchers, child sexual exploitation in the United States affects as many boys as girls, but boys are less well-served by social service and law enforcement systems because of the widespread belief that boys are better able than girls to fend for themselves. Without intervention, research has shown many boys shift from being victims of sexual abuse to victimizing other boys and girls as pimps and traffickers. People are recruited in several different ways such as through fake employment agencies, ac