06/03/2022
This is why we raise money to support F.R.E.E. International; it really is that common.
S*x trafficking happens here in the U.S. and it is not hard to find.
A 14 year-old girl is sold to a dozen men a day for s*x inside of a trailer that is within miles of a prestigious college in South Carolina.
This is s*x trafficking.
A boy is exploited on the streets of Houston by men looking for s*x. The boy has no other way to provide for himself and his little brother since his parents deserted them.
This is s*x trafficking.
A woman sells her body on some street in America as her pimp watches from a distance.
This is s*x trafficking.
S*x trafficking can take many different forms. The immediate image that often comes to mind is of a person being kidnapped, drugged, and forced into prostitution in some country that is hard to pronounce. However, according to the federal definition of s*x trafficking, it can be and is found in most parts of the United States, from big cities to rural communities. S*x trafficking is the exploitation of a person through force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of commercial s*x.
Exploitation is the act of treating someone unfairly in order to benefit from their work. Human traffickers are essentially modern day slave owners and usually stop at nothing to exploit another person. They know that if they can control a person to do work and unfairly steal their earnings, they will become rich. As the definition describes, traffickers use force, fraud, and coercion to convince and control people.
To find out more visit our website at www.freeinternational.org.
