WASHINGTON, D.C., July 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Congressman Chris Smith (NJ-04) chaired a joint briefing of the Congressional Caucus on Human Trafficking and the Congressional Victims' Rights Caucus last week which featured the unveiling of a new report on sex trafficking of minors in the United States.
"The United States has come far in the fight against this modern day slavery, yet there is still a lot of work to do, particularly regarding the sex trafficking of minors," said Smith, a senior member of the House International Relations Committee, and one of the most outspoken pro-life congressmen. "It is a problem all over the world and the United States is no exception. There are new victims in our country every day."
The National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking, America's Prostituted Children, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and performed by Shared Hope International, details domestic child sex trafficking.
The report assessed four components of domestic minor sex trafficking: identifying the victims; prosecuting the traffickers; combating demand; and providing protection, access to services and shelter for the victims - mostly teenage girls.
Experts estimate that at least 100,000 American minors are victimized in America each year...Read more
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