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U.S. traffickers targeting schools, malls, and internet for prostitution

By Alliance Alert

Allan Johnson and Mike Wagner report in The Columbus Dispatch: "Pimps and their recruiters target girls in schools and shopping malls, on Internet sites and college campuses and elsewhere. They trick or coerce them into prostitution. The U.S. Department of State estimates that 15,000 to 18,000 women and girls are trafficked in the U.S. each year. Up to 300,000 may be at risk because they live in poverty, have a family history of abuse or are vulnerable for other reasons."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on June 29, 2009 (boomark / email).