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It is believed that one in five human trafficking victims are children, exploited for begging, child pornography, or child labor. According to the Bureau of Justice, of the human trafficking cases reported between January 2008 and June 2010, sex trafficking victims were more likely to be white (26%) or black (40%), compared to labor trafficking ...
Child Sex Trafficking. In cases where an individual engages in any of the specified “acts” with a child (under the age of 18), the means element is irrelevant regardless of whether evidence of force, fraud, or coercion exists. The use of children in commercial sex is prohibited by law in the United States and most countries around the world.
Federal prosecutions of child-only sex trafficking cases increased 17% from 2019 to 2020, and children made up 69% of victims in newly charged sex trafficking cases in 2020.11 .
Many victims are exploited for commercial sex, adults and children alike. This year’s Trafficking in Persons Report provides a comprehensive overview of the state of human trafficking around the world and the tools we are using to strengthen our response and coordination.
PRIORITIZED RECOMMENDATIONS: Continue efforts to comprehensively address labor trafficking in the United States, including identification of and provision of services to labor trafficking victims.
View Stats by State. All Time Statistics (Since 2007) Signals. The Human Trafficking Hotline has received 432,902 signals since its inception. Hotline Call: 306,220. SMS Report: 61,387. Online Report: 31,868. Email Received: 25,197. Web Chat: 8,230. Cases.
The 2019 report shows a total of 1,883 incidents of human trafficking were reported: 1,607 were in the category of commercial sex acts, and 274 were instances of involuntary servitude.
