over 3 million children are being victimized in sex trafficking and labor trafficking.

Child Trafficking Is A Crime.

The estimated number of children trafficked around the world is 5.5 million.

Child trafficking refers to the exploitation of girls and boys, primarily for forced labor and sexual exploitation. Children account for 27% of all the human trafficking victims worldwide, and two out of every three child victims are girls[i].

Sometimes sold by a family member or an acquaintance, sometimes lured by false promises of education and a "better" life — the reality is that these trafficked and exploited children are held in slave-like conditions without enough food, shelter or clothing, and are often severely abused and cut off from all contact with their families.

Children are often trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation or for labor, such as domestic servitude, agricultural work, factory work and mining, or they’re forced to fight in conflicts. The most vulnerable children, particularly refugees and migrants, are often preyed upon and their hopes for an education, a better job or a better life in a new country.[ii]

They suffer violence, exploitation and abuse – ending up in work, forced marriage, prostitution, begging and armed recruitment.

We Can Help

WHAT WE DO

Stop Child Trafficking International, Inc. (SCTI) is dedicated to bringing an end to child sex trafficking through our three-pronged approach – investigate, locate, and rescue. This vitally important effort provides information and resources to our partners in the law enforcement community domestically and abroad. We also partner with other private organizations by providing funding and hands-on technical and tactical resources to facilitate the recovery of the poor victimized children.

SCTI investigators have been used to assist in the information gathering phase of child abductions and passes on the information to our international and domestic partners in order to assist in the rescue and recovery process. As part of the pre-operational phase, officers from INTERPOL’s Vulnerable Communities unit provided training on how to conduct victim interviews in cases of human trafficking and child sexual exploitation.

During one recent operation the INTERPOL team on the ground helped national authorities make best use of INTERPOL’s policing capabilities, such as its databases and system of international Notices.

Of the 46 young people rescued, 37 girls aged between 10 and 17 had been forced into sexual exploitation out of hostels or the makeshift camps on the outskirts of Niamey, Nigeria. Other children had been taken from their families and forced to beg at markets and bus stations.

The young victims were rescued, safeguarded and received immediate medical attention,

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