Revealed: 88% of child sex trafficking victims are runaways from the government's child services system.

[mrfoot]

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DID YOU KNOW?

• Some of NCMEC’s child sex trafficking cases involve boys being exploited.

• 1 in 7 runaways reported to NCMEC in 2017 were likely victims of trafficking and 88% of those children were in the care of social services when they went missing.

• NCMEC has responded to child sex trafficking cases in every U.S. state.

• Many of the child sex trafficking victims reported to NCMEC also have other endangerments such as gang involvement.

• A child doesn’t have to disclose information about a trafficker to be a victim of sex trafficking.

• Some cases reported to NCMEC involve children being recruited into sex trafficking by other children in their group home or foster care placement.

• In the past five years, 75 percent of NCMEC’s reports regarding child sex trafficking relate to the trafficking of a child online.

Source: http://www.missingkids.com/footer/media/vnr

Child sex trafficking involves the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining or advertising of a minor child for the purpose of commercial sex. To help combat the issue of child sex trafficking, NCMEC established the Child Sex Trafficking Team in 2011. If you suspect child sex trafficking, make a report to NCMEC by calling 1-800-THE-LOST or going online to CyberTipline.org. NCMEC’s team of specialized case managers and analysts are dedicated to specifically responding to child sex trafficking reports.

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