What I also find interesting is their stats. I want to tear them apart and examine the source. For example, am I reading that the FBI has only rescued 433 child victims in 13 years? (*1). That's less than 3 kids a month! How many staff and millions of dollars of resources and technology tools are being used for this endeavor? Facebook, snapchat, instagram, etc can identify more people in five minutes.
If we know 20,000 victims are being sold each year (how DO we know this?) (*2) and we know all this information about from where and how, why haven't the law enforcement agencies obtained a better rate of rescue?
UNICEF has an interesting stat (*3). Have they timed it? Are they measuring their own production rate?
The CIA says human trafficking IS the 3rd largest criminal enterprise (*4). Of course the CIA would know.
Readers and consumers of information should really examine provided stats. Do they make sense (3 victims saved per month on millions of $$ of resources)? How do the stats from different agencies reconcile with one another? Do they make sense? Are the stats conflicting with each other? Why? Who is providing the info, and what role does that agency play in the overall scheme of rescuing victims?
The government purposely makes the process unclear and complicated. It does not want general consumers of information to really understand, because understanding would lead to questions. Don't take it at face value.
Does anyone want to review the legislation that is mentioned in the article and see how it helped or hurt the legal efforts?
References from original posted article.:
(1)Since 2003, according to FBI Director Robert Mueller, only 433 of the child victims have been rescued and only 308 hookers and pimps have been prosecuted for these crimes.
(2) Nearly 20,000 victims are sold and trafficked each year. This number includes the victims who are as young as 5 and 6 years of age.
(3) According to UNICEF every two minutes a child is being prepared for sexual exploitation. 1.2 million children alone are being trafficked every year. This number excluded the millions already being held captive by trafficking. UNICEF also reports that approximately 30 million children have lost their childhood through sexual exploitation over the past 30 years.
(4) The CIA says that human trafficking is the third largest criminal industry in the world. It falls right behind drugs and gun smuggling. They also state that women are especially vulnerable in New York and that it is a prime destination for human traffickers because of the international borders and ports, large immigration population as well as the tourists.
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What I also find interesting is their stats. I want to tear them apart and examine the source. For example, am I reading that the FBI has only rescued 433 child victims in 13 years? (*1). That's less than 3 kids a month! How many staff and millions of dollars of resources and technology tools are being used for this endeavor? Facebook, snapchat, instagram, etc can identify more people in five minutes.
If we know 20,000 victims are being sold each year (how DO we know this?) (*2) and we know all this information about from where and how, why haven't the law enforcement agencies obtained a better rate of rescue?
UNICEF has an interesting stat (*3). Have they timed it? Are they measuring their own production rate?
The CIA says human trafficking IS the 3rd largest criminal enterprise (*4). Of course the CIA would know.
Readers and consumers of information should really examine provided stats. Do they make sense (3 victims saved per month on millions of $$ of resources)? How do the stats from different agencies reconcile with one another? Do they make sense? Are the stats conflicting with each other? Why? Who is providing the info, and what role does that agency play in the overall scheme of rescuing victims?
The government purposely makes the process unclear and complicated. It does not want general consumers of information to really understand, because understanding would lead to questions. Don't take it at face value.
Does anyone want to review the legislation that is mentioned in the article and see how it helped or hurt the legal efforts?
References from original posted article.:
(1)Since 2003, according to FBI Director Robert Mueller, only 433 of the child victims have been rescued and only 308 hookers and pimps have been prosecuted for these crimes.
(2) Nearly 20,000 victims are sold and trafficked each year. This number includes the victims who are as young as 5 and 6 years of age.
(3) According to UNICEF every two minutes a child is being prepared for sexual exploitation. 1.2 million children alone are being trafficked every year. This number excluded the millions already being held captive by trafficking. UNICEF also reports that approximately 30 million children have lost their childhood through sexual exploitation over the past 30 years.
(4) The CIA says that human trafficking is the third largest criminal industry in the world. It falls right behind drugs and gun smuggling. They also state that women are especially vulnerable in New York and that it is a prime destination for human traffickers because of the international borders and ports, large immigration population as well as the tourists.