Child Exploitation

Child exploitation refers to the abuse of children for personal or financial gain. This can take many forms, including child labor, child trafficking, sexual exploitation, and the use of children in armed conflict. Exploitation of children is a serious issue that violates the rights of children and deprives them of their childhood and opportunities to grow and develop in a safe and healthy environment. It is a global problem that requires urgent action to prevent and address. Governments, civil society organizations, and international bodies all have a role to play in protecting children from exploitation and supporting those who have been affected by it.

 

Swim coach sent for trial on child exploitation charges – RTE
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Swim coach sent for trial on child exploitation charges – RTE

A swimming coach, accused of making child pornography and sexual exploitation offences at a pool in Dublin, has been served with a book of evidence and returned for trial. Matthew Coward, 31, of Shantalla Drive, Santry, Dublin, was arrested last month as part of a Garda Divisional Protective Services Unit investigation. He was charged with…

MBI: 2 people arrested for human trafficking activity in Olive Branch
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MBI: 2 people arrested for human trafficking activity in Olive Branch

© Provided by Action News 5 Memphis From left to right: 26-year-old Darielle Davone Sparks and 62-year-old John Edward Massengill OLIVE BRANCH, Miss. (WMC) – Mississippi Bureau of Investigation led an undercover human trafficking operation in Olive Branch and arrested two people. Darielle Sparks, 26, from Marion Arkansas, was arrested and charged with six counts…

Multiple stories: Six Iowa and Nebraska Trafficked Adolescents Freed in FBI Operation, Without Sex Buyers…, Online Grooming Training, more
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Multiple stories: Six Iowa and Nebraska Trafficked Adolescents Freed in FBI Operation, Without Sex Buyers…, Online Grooming Training, more

Six Iowa and Nebraska Trafficked Adolescents Freed in FBI Operation Six adolescents in Iowa and Nebraska are safe following a recent human trafficking investigation. Federal, state and local police in Iowa and Nebraska freed the children as part of a nationwide law enforcement campaign dubbed “Operation Cross Country,” according to a statement from the FBI’s…

Jury convicts final defendant in Scioto County human trafficking operation involving drugs exchanged for sexual access to children
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Jury convicts final defendant in Scioto County human trafficking operation involving drugs exchanged for sexual access to children

COLUMBUS, Ohio – All 11 defendants charged federally in a Scioto County child sex trafficking operation have been convicted. A federal grand jury originally indicted Larry Dean Porter, 71, of Wheelersburg, Ohio, and several of his family members and associates in June 2020. Porter exchanged drugs obtained in Columbus and elsewhere for sexual access to…

Austin Independent School District Leads Nation in Technology-Enabled Child Safety Programs
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Austin Independent School District Leads Nation in Technology-Enabled Child Safety Programs

Innovative Interactive Child Safety Program Raises Funds To Support Pilot School AUSTIN, Texas – Aug. 5, 2018 – PRLog — Who teaches children about the dangers of meeting a stranger online? Recognizing an unhealthy relationship? Can they recognize or avoid sex trafficking? McCallum High School, in the Austin Independent School District, is Piloting a program to answer those questions. In Texas alone,…

What is “grooming?” And how is the term being misused? – from Love146
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What is “grooming?” And how is the term being misused? – from Love146

At Love146, when we say “grooming” we’re talking about the process predators use to lure a child into relationship, gain trust with them, and prepare them for sexual exploitation. “Grooming” as portrayed in the media According to recently updated guidance from the Associated Press on the word grooming: “Some people use the word ‘groom’ or…

Forty per cent of online escort ads in B.C. suggest child trafficking: Study – Vancouver Sun
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Forty per cent of online escort ads in B.C. suggest child trafficking: Study – Vancouver Sun

“Teens or older children are at greater risk for online recruitment, as they often have unfettered internet access with limited monitoring by parents or guardians.” — Study authors Publishing date: Jul 17, 2022 Roughly 40 per cent of online ads offering escort and sex work services in B.C. included language indicating child sex trafficking, according to…

Trafficking on the Plains – The Sidney Sun-Telegraph
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Trafficking on the Plains – The Sidney Sun-Telegraph

It’s cast as a personal crime in the movies, and it is, and often as a web with more arms than can be imagined, which is also likely. Human trafficking is defined by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services as a form of modern day slavery. It is viewed in primarily one of…

Recognizing 2022 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons – Jacksonville Progress
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Recognizing 2022 World Day Against Trafficking in Persons – Jacksonville Progress

This July 30, Enough Is Enough joins thousands of organizations around the globe in recognizing World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. Human trafficking is a heinous crime impacting millions of victims annually. The sex and labor trafficking industry is second only to drug trafficking as the world’s largest criminal industry. Enough Is Enough, whose mission…