Children are learning so much about the world but unfortunately monsters that hurt the purity of small children exist. These “monsters” kidnap, rape, and defile children for their own sick purposes. “More than 1 million children, according to the International Labour Organization, are exploited each year in the commercial sex trade.” If this is such a problem, then why has the public brushed it off? Does the media really care about child trafficking and the danger it imposes on others?
Kids can’t comprehend what is being done to them when they are kidnapped but why has the media closed their eyes and ears. USA today did an article of one these cases where they just forgot about happen stating “Instead, in the summer of 2015, Thompson and his wife, Robin, forced the girl on a nightmarish six-week trek across the southern United States. Photographed in suggestive poses and marketed online, she was sold out of hotel rooms and truck stops to any man with the money and the desire to buy sex. The justice system eventually would work well in this case in several respects. The victim was rescued and provided with treatment. The traffickers who exploited her were caught, pleaded guilty and were sent to prison. But what of the men who paid to rape this child? What consequences did they suffer? Not a single one was ever charged.” Not one single being was ever charged for rape which is a very serious offense, but none took the fall. It shows the world how much the care for our world’s children with government officials with their heads held high not even noticing the disgusting problem below.
Now they are desperately trying to reverse the effects of this terrible issue, but it seems that the threat is increasing day by day. USA today again states “Despite 20 years of efforts, the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism has expanded across the globe and outpaced every attempt to respond at the international and national level… As a result, the risks of child sexual exploitation are increasing.” Over 20 years and not a single dent into the problem and while every potential and passing second the issue continues to worsen. USA today would also state “The scale of the trade indicates that it’s not a small number of men who pay to have sex with kids. A 2016 study by the Center for Court Innovation found that between 8,900 and 10,500 children, ages 13 to 17, are commercially exploited each year in this country. Several hundred children 12 and younger, a group not included in the study, also suffer commercial sexual abuse.”
Another bad circumstance is poverty. Kids are desperate and in need for food and money making them Ideal victims. According to humanium “Poor families sometimes have no choice but to abandon their children, leaving them in the hands of traffickers. Poverty also causes a large increase in the number of street children and orphans. Vulnerable and fending for themselves, they become the ideal victims for traffickers who don’t hesitate in their promise of better living and working conditions in another country. Unfortunately, the reality is entirely different.” Others use that child trafficking is militia. People kidnap and use kids as soldiers for their military. Human rights watch A.K.A (H. R. W) states “Thousands of children are serving as soldiers in armed conflicts around the world. These boys and girls, some as young as 8 years old, serve in government forces and armed opposition groups. They may fight on the front lines, participate in suicide missions, and act as spies, messengers, or lookouts. Girls may be forced into sexual slavery.” Kids used as bombs instead of our future is beyond disgusting and wrong. Children risking their lives that others like there family can live and be safe.
