Experts: pandemic has likely led to an increase in sex trafficking of children
Experts say because kids were not physically in school most of the year, the increased time spent online likely led to more targets for sex traffickers Share Updated: 10:39 PM CDT May 18, 2021
Experts: pandemic has likely led to an increase in sex trafficking of children
Experts say because kids were not physically in school most of the year, the increased time spent online likely led to more targets for sex traffickers Share Updated: 10:39 PM CDT May 18, 2021
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Show Transcript LIKELY LED TO AN INCREASE IN SEX TRAFFICKING CASES OF CHILDREN. CAROLI:NE THE WHOLE POINT OF KEEPING KIDS HOME DURING THE PANDEMIC WAS TO PROTECT THEM. BUT WHAT IT LED TO WAS A DOWNWARD SPIRAL FOR VULNERABLE MINORS OINNLE. A LOT OF OUR VICTIMS MEET THEIR TRAFFICKER THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. ABOUT HALF OF MY VICTIMS ARE JUVENILES, AND I HAVE HAD HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICITMS AS YOUNG AS