There is a clear economic reason....why it would make logical sense that it would be big business......................just like a tiger's or lion's cub.......they are not only rare.......but illegal....so you are paying the smugglers...........to KEEP their mouths shut as well..........as do something very dangerous...........b/c if a parent catches u trying to steal their kid.........there will be hell to pay...
Human Trafficking Is an Epidemic in the U.S. It’s Also Big Business
Belle Plaine, Minnesota. Billboard showing the effects of sex slavery in the United States.UIG VIA GETTY IMAGES
Slavery is alive and well in the land of the free. With human trafficking now a multi-billion-dollar industry worldwide and cases increasing in the United States, activists are trying to squash the myth that most women who work as prostitutes do so because they want to.
“Prostitution isn’t people deferring entrance to Yale while they prostitute to raise money for tuition—that’s not the reality of what it looks like,” said Nicole Bell, who worked as a prostitute after being trafficked as a teen. “We’re looking at people in poverty, people of color, people coming out of the foster care system.”
Bell, who spoke alongside a panel of activists at the Women in the World Summit in Manhattan Friday, is now the founder and CEO of Living in Freedom Together (LIFT), a survivor-led organization that helps individuals exit the world of commercial sexual exploitation
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