Human Traffic
I was in the city the other day and saw colourful hand prints on the wall in Forrest Chase.
These were hand prints of supporters. Supporters against the abhorrent industry of human sex trafficking.
Of all the maligned things humans inflect upon each other, child/young person sex trafficking is the most diabolically horrific. Here are a few facts taken from The Body Shop’s site.
- Human trafficking is the third largest growing criminal industry in the world.
- 1.8 million children are exploited in the global commercial sex trade but this estimate is thought to be higher due to the underground nature of the crime.
- Sexual exploitation is the most common purpose for human trafficking.
- Once the children are successfully captured, they are abused, beaten or raped into submission so they can be sold repeatedly.
- They are psychologically and physically damaged but are too frightened or ashamed to ask for help.
- If they try to escape their lives or the lives of their families are threatened. If they do manage to escape the authorities don’t always provide immediate protection.
To show your support against atrociousness inflected upon the world’s innocent, click on the above link to The Body Shop.
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