1 Sex trafficking: Innocent people in danger

Sex trafficking, is one of the most appalling acts facing young girls today. Especially in the state Georgia, this devastation has been an overwhelming tragedy. Young girls are often taken against their will and forced to do the most despicable things. Some of these acts include involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery. No one deserves to be forced into a situation like this and proper measures need to be taken to reduce the many occurrences. According to the International Justice Mission, sex trafficking is tied with the illegal arms industry as the second largest criminal industry in the world today. Also, it has now become the worlds fastest growing. Almost two million children are currently entrapped in this trade and are in need of help. Although children make up a vast majority of the trade, women and men are still affected. This travesty has pumped the industry into a thirty-two billion dollar industry. The high profits force kidnappers to become increasingly more ruthless. It has caused sex trafficking to become an engine of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) outbreak. Atlanta has become the hub for sex trafficking and child exploitation, making it the number one city in the United States. According to Innocent Atlanta, Atlanta was named by the FBI as one of 14 US cities with the highest rate of children used in prostitution. Each night roughly one hundred adolescent females are sexually assaulted in the state of Georgia alone. Adult males especially are more prone to assault females, with an average of three times per night. These horrendous statistics call for the help of organizations such as Breaking the Shackles, to help young girls affected every day. To conclude, sex trafficking is an industry

2 driven by fraud and force. Victims are traded for the purpose of sexual exploitation. This billion dollar industry is despicable and must be stopped however way possible.

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