MeganLove
05-06-2011, 07:44 AM
DULUTH-100,000 children are sexually exploited each year in the U.S according to conservative estimates from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
They say it is because of human trafficking.
On Thursday local authorities met to announce they back a new strategy to drastically cut those numbers down.
Prostitution is an established epidemic in the Northland.. Fed by sex trafficking, concerned groups say it thrives in the isolation of its victims.
"They’re threatened, beaten, raped, forced onto drugs, or psychologically manipulated,” Sherry Sanchez-Tibbets, Executive Director of the American Indian Community Housing Organization said.
"The crime becomes more horrendous when we realize the average age into prostitution is 12,” Sanchez-Tibbets said.
http://www.fox21online.com/news/mn-sex-trafficking-crack-down-proposed-decriminalizing-victims
They say it is because of human trafficking.
On Thursday local authorities met to announce they back a new strategy to drastically cut those numbers down.
Prostitution is an established epidemic in the Northland.. Fed by sex trafficking, concerned groups say it thrives in the isolation of its victims.
"They’re threatened, beaten, raped, forced onto drugs, or psychologically manipulated,” Sherry Sanchez-Tibbets, Executive Director of the American Indian Community Housing Organization said.
"The crime becomes more horrendous when we realize the average age into prostitution is 12,” Sanchez-Tibbets said.
http://www.fox21online.com/news/mn-sex-trafficking-crack-down-proposed-decriminalizing-victims