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    • About V4CR
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    • What is Grooming
    • Child Trafficking Signs
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What is Child Trafficking?

Child trafficking involves the coercion, recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, and/or receipt of children for the purpose of exploitation. This can involve sexual abuse, money, forced labor, drug smuggling, or other forms of abuse. 


Child trafficking is prevalent in every country around the world, including the USA. It’s estimated to be a $150 BILLION dollar a year industry. It’s the fastest-growing and 2nd largest criminal enterprise on the planet. 

Child Trafficking is Modern Day Slavery

The USA is one of the main destinations and sources of child trafficking.

It has been reported in every state and major city. Every year hundreds of thousands of children are recruited from and transported to and through the USA for trafficking.


Child trafficking can happen to any child, regardless of race, gender, education, citizenship, and socio-economic status. 

Types of Child Trafficking: - Sexual Abuse & Exploitation - Labor - Illegal Activities - Forced Marriage - Child Soldiers - Domestic Slavery - Benefit Fraud

Most people think of child trafficking as children bound and beaten in hidden bunkers in 3rd world countries. While that is a reality for many children around the world, many people don’t realize that child trafficking is rampant in the USA, and that the victims and perpetrators may be right in front of them.

How Does Child Trafficking Happen?

Grooming

Child predators use a process called “grooming” to coerce the child into submission. This can happen gradually with promises of a better life, financial gain, protection, fame, or other attractive offers.


The predator will assume a position of power and authority in order to gain trust and unsupervised access to the child. This may be a stranger, but most often it’s someone the child knows, such as a teacher, counselor, coach, religious leader, boy scout leader, family member, or friend.


Predators will target vulnerable children from abusive households or broken families who are often unsupervised and easily manipulated. Once the predator gains the child’s trust, they will use psychological, emotional, and physical abuse to ensure the child is submissive. 

Read: What is Grooming?

Parents

Whether it’s for financial gain, survival, threats, persuasion, or false promises, some parents willingly give or sell their child. As unthinkable as it sounds, some parents believe the traffickers will give the child a better life, opportunities, or protection. Some parents are so abusive that they allow others to abuse their child for the parent’s financial gain.


In many cases the parents are negligent and oblivious to what’s happening with their child, whether or not the parents are the instigator or have knowledge of the abuse.


In some cases, parents get wrapped up in a religious organization or cult that requires them to give up their child and/or allow them to be abused. 

Read: How to Safeguard Children

Family Members & Friends

Most reported trafficking cases were instigated by the child’s family member(s) or family friend(s).


“More than 90% of juvenile sexual abuse victims know their perpetrator in some way.”

- Vermont Department for Children and Families

Kidnapping

Children who are forcibly taken from their homes or parents, live on the streets, or who become “lost” in the foster care or CPS systems are prime victims for trafficking.

Read More: Community Presentation

How Many Children Are Trafficked Every Year?

No one knows the real numbers of trafficked children, because most of it goes unreported.

It’s estimated that hundreds of thousands of children go missing in the USA every year. Child Trafficking is estimated to be a $38-50 BILLION dollar a year criminal enterprise in the USA alone.

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)

In 2020, NCMEC responded to more than 17,000 reports regarding possible child sex trafficking.

Unfortunately, since many children are never reported missing, there is no reliable way to determine the total number of children who are actually missing in the U.S.

When a child is reported missing to law enforcement, federal law requires that child be entered into the FBI’s National Crime Information Center, also known as NCIC. According to the FBI, in 2020 there were 365,348 NCIC entries for missing children*. In 2019, the total number of missing children entries into NCIC was 421,394.

Visit NCMEC Website

244,000 – Number of American children and youth estimated to be at risk of child sexual exploitation, including commercial sexual exploitation, in 2000.


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Why Do Some Think Child Trafficking is a Conspiracy Theory?

Unfortunately, the truth about child trafficking is intentionally suppressed and censored.

Some reasons include:


  • High level customers in elite positions of power actively work to enable this industry and keep their criminal behaviors a secret.


  • As the 2nd most profitable criminal enterprise in the world, there is big money protecting the secrecy of it.


  • Most large online platforms suppress information about child abuse and trafficking awareness. They also suppress and censor the message and reach of organizations like ours who are dedicated to countering child trafficking and making the world a safer place for children.


  • Some political and religious groups mixed some truth with some un-factual stories or exaggerations that resulted in misinformation. This has unfortunately caused some to categorize child trafficking as a conspiracy theory or a political opinion. 


  • There is a massive lack of public awareness and education on this matter. Most people don’t know what to look for or how to help, and therefore many victims and situations are overlooked.


  • The reality of this evil is simply too harsh for people to face. If they accept its existence, they’re left with 2 choices: do something, or do nothing. Unfortunately, many people choose to pretend it doesn’t exist so they do not feel responsible to take action.


  • Victims are threatened, coerced, slandered, or shamed into silence. Child abuse is difficult to prove, and even more difficult to prosecute. Many antagonists will call the victim a liar and cause for unwanted attention, negative press, and gaslighting tactics that the survivor does not want to experience.


  • Most child abusers and traffickers are not convicted. Despite solid evidence, many abusers go unpunished, or only serve light sentences.

What Can We Do to End Child Trafficking?

1. Raise Awareness

Awareness reduces predator’s ability to operate. 


  • Internet Safety Tools
  • How to Safeguard Children
  • Signs of Child Trafficking
  • How to Identify and Report a Victim
  • What You Need to Know About Child Predators 
  • Watch CONTRALAND: a shocking documentary exposing child trafficking and predators in the USA

2.     Get Involved in Your Community

  • Attend local events, school board meetings, elections, and get to know who is running your town.
  • Write your elected officials and demand harsher punishments for predators, laws to protect children, and support for victims and survivors. 
  • Volunteer at shelters, after school programs, and community events.

3.     Refer Us

  • Connect us with donors, District Attorneys, elected officials, media, and any businesses, groups, or entities willing to stand with us.

4.     Shop & Support

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5.     Donate

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How Does Veterans For Child Rescue Fight Child Trafficking?

Raise Awareness

Rescue & Rehabilitate Victims

Arrest & Convict Predators

Contraland documentary with Craig Sawman Sawyer founder of veterans for child rescue

· Watch: Contraland

· Interviews & media features

· Training Law Enforcement & NGOs

· Join the #V4CR movement on social media 

Arrest & Convict Predators

Rescue & Rehabilitate Victims

Arrest & Convict Predators

· To date, V4CR has made 23 arrests with a 100% conviction rate as a result of joint counter trafficking operations with law enforcement and NGOs

· LEO Request Form

Rescue & Rehabilitate Victims

Rescue & Rehabilitate Victims

Rescue & Rehabilitate Victims

· Programs and therapy that help survivors heal and redesign their lives 

HOW TO REPORT CHILD ABUSE & TRAFFICKING:

Call 911 or Homeland Security Investigations at: 866-347-2423

Be able to provide as many details as possible, including what you saw, the individuals involved, make/model of vehicle(s), license plate number, business name and/or location, date, time, and why it is suspicious.


You can also submit a tip to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at: 800-843-5678, or by reporting an incident on their Cyber Tip Line.


Learn More

What You Need To Know @ Child Trafficking - From A Survivor

A survivor explains what people don't realize, the impact awareness has, how healing is possible, and what people can do to take action and prevent children from abuse and trafficking.

More Educational Resources:

What is Grooming?

Internet Safety Tips & Parental Control

How to Safeguard Children

How to Safeguard Children

Internet Safety Tips & Parental Control

How to Safeguard Children

Internet Safety Tips & Parental Control

Internet Safety Tips & Parental Control

Internet Safety Tips & Parental Control

Signs of Child Trafficking

Contraland: a shocking documentary about child trafficking & predators in the USA

Internet Safety Tips & Parental Control

How to Identify & Report Child Predators

Contraland: a shocking documentary about child trafficking & predators in the USA

Contraland: a shocking documentary about child trafficking & predators in the USA

Contraland: a shocking documentary about child trafficking & predators in the USA

Contraland: a shocking documentary about child trafficking & predators in the USA

Contraland: a shocking documentary about child trafficking & predators in the USA

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