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Photo: The Shocking Truth of Child Sex Trafficking - Huffington PostThere are many variations of how people are exploited with few rights in this world, but if I had to generalize a fairly large group of people, I would say modern day slaves, because there are tens of millions of them. Reading the stories of underage girls in the sex trade in Asia (eight or ten year old girls for nine cents US anybody?), or even in the USA can be heartbreaking. Reading the stories of child laborers like eight year olds working in mines (in part due to claims their small size makes them better to fit in small spaces) is heartbreaking. Reading how slavery remains a cultural practice in places, with hereditary underclasses that are in effect inescapable, is heartbreaking.The Shocking Truth of Child Sex Trafficking - Huffington PostFrom the article by Dr. John DeGarmo:300,000.300,000 children in the United States are prostituted each year; are victims of child sex trafficking. The number is disturbing, to say the least.2 million.2 million children are victims of child sex trafficking each year across the globe. The number is staggering, and hard to believe. Yet, the numbers are true and society as a whole seems to look the other way.. . . . .How big is it? Across the globe, it is a $32 billion industry each year, and human trafficking is on the rise in the United States. In one 2014 study by the Urban Institute in Atlanta Georgia some child traffickers in Atlanta make more than $32,000 a week. Furthermore, the same study also cited research discovering that Atlanta’s illegal sex industry generates around $290 million a year.Contemporary slavery - WikipediaDefinition[edit]The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons agency of the United States Department of State says that "'modern slavery', 'trafficking in persons', and 'human trafficking' have been used as umbrella terms for the act of recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing or obtaining a person for compelled labor or commercial sex acts through the use of force, fraud, or coercion". Besides these, a number of different terms are used in the US federal Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children, including "involuntary servitude", "slavery" or "practices similar to slavery", "debt bondage", and "forced labor".[4]Who buys a trafficked child for sex? Otherwise ordinary men. - USA TodayThis project began with a question: Who buys a 15-year-old child for sex?The answer: Many otherwise ordinary men. They could be your co-worker, doctor, pastor or spouse.“They’re in all walks of life,” a 17-year-old survivor from the Midwest, trafficked when she was 15, said about the more than 150 men who purchased her in a month. “Some could be upstanding people in the community. It was mostly people in their 40s, living in the suburbs, who were coming to get the stuff they were missing.”►Human trafficking by the numbersThe scale of the trade indicates that it’s not a small number of men who pay to have sex with kids. A 2016 study by the Center for Court Innovation found that between 8,900 and 10,500 children, ages 13 to 17, are commercially exploited each year in this country. Several hundred children 12 and younger, a group not included in the study, also suffer commercial sexual abuse.The researchers found that the average age of victims is 15 and that each child is purchased on average 5.4 times a day. I’ve interviewed victims who were forced to have sex with more than 30 men in a week; more than 100 in a month.Home - Shared Hope InternationalWe Build Tools to Defend Children From Sexual Abuse | ThornChild labour - WikipediaChild labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful.[3] This practice is considered exploitative by many international organisations. Legislation across the world prohibit child labour.[4][5] These laws do not consider all work by children as child labour; exceptions include work by child artists, family duties, supervised training, certain categories of work such as those by Amish children, some forms of child work common among indigenous American children, and others.[6][7][8]India Has the Most People Living in Modern Slavery - Wall Street JournalBy Corinne Abrams and Qasim NaumanJun 2, 2016 1:15 pm ISTIndia has more people living in modern slavery than the population of the Netherlands, a new report estimates.Of the 167 countries surveyed, the South Asian country has the highest number of people living in slavery–more than 18 million people, or 1.4% of the population.. . . . .“All forms of modern slavery continue to exist in India, including intergenerational bonded labor, forced child labor, commercial sexual exploitation, forced begging, forced recruitment into non-state armed groups and forced marriage,” the report said.It is hard to know exactly how many people are subject to slavery, the authors of the report admitted. In India, Gallup conducted the surveys in 15 states that were used as the basis for the estimate.Among the sectors known known to use slave labor in India were the construction, sex, agriculture, fishing and manufacturing industries as well as domestic help and begging, the report said.Photo: India Worst Slave Country, Says Global Slavery Index - Wall Street Journal

Hi, I would like to tell you about women's prisons and what problems my country has to solve with my country, so that I would stop worrying about girls who went to prison by mistake!These women, trapped in the vicious circle of prostitution and arrests, are among the most socially vulnerable in the United States. At the same time, because of the lacunae existing in the criminal legal system, which are mercilessly exploited by sex traffickers, it is almost impossible to break free from this circle.An investigation into the Guardian and Observer newspapers revealed that correctional facilities and prisons throughout the United States were constantly used by pimps and sex workers as a recruiting office.Using lacunae in the criminal law system, predators seek out their victims among the most socially unprotected and unsupported women, many of whom fall into an endless loop of criminal offenses and exploitation.The recruitment and search methods for state-by-state victims remain the same. The first stage is the search for potential victims. The Law on Publicly Available State Archives implies that in many states information about any person charged with a criminal offense will be posted on state-owned Internet sites. This information may include police photos taken during the arrest, home address, details of previous criminal experience. In some states, details of arrests and accusations are also printed in local newspapers.This means that predators can identify potential victims, find a place of imprisonment for women and the charges against them, and - in some cases - also find out the approximate dates of their release.Information published on the Internet may also include data on the conditions for release on bail for women awaiting consideration of their cases in court.While many women in the gigantic American sex market ($ 9.5 billion) work independently, prostitution controlled by pimps is now recognized as one of the crudest and ubiquitous forms of human trafficking in the USProstitution is illegal in all states except some counties in Nevada. According to the FBI, more than 39 thousand people were arrested on charges of prostitution and related crimes. It is estimated that 80% of women arrested on charges of prostitution work for a third party, or at some stage have experienced sex trafficking.Of the 20 women who experienced similar experiences and participated in our investigation, the majority admitted that they were arrested many times for crimes committed while they were dependent on the sex trafficker.The solution, say human rights activists such as Bell and Bender, should be inside the correctional institutions themselves, where there is an urgent need for training personnel and other innovations to support women.In a statement to the Guardian newspaper, the Florida Department of Corrections stated: “The Department is committed to preventing sex trafficking and cooperating with our law enforcement colleagues to ensure the prosecution of any people involved in these crimes. We believe that this terrible crime has many consequences, and have introduced decisive measures to protect the most vulnerable segments of our population for these actions.”Brief factsThe number of women in state prisons has increased by 834% over the past 40 years.Women are the fastest growing group among US prisoners.Prostitution in the United States is illegal in all states, with the exception of certain counties in Nevada.A study by the Association of Affected America revealed that 91% of sex trafficking victims were dependent on their pimp when they were arrested.37% of sex trafficking victims who called the national helpline in 2017 reported that their partners forced them to trade their bodies.

Update March 31, 2021: Matt Gaetz has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17 year old and taking her across state lines for sexual activity. Gaetz has claimed it is all a lie and part of an extortion attempt. In fact Gaetz claims the 17 year old does not exist. However the FBI and the DOJ are not confirming those claims by Gaetz. Just to be totally clear, here's where we are: A sitting member of Congress is saying that he is the victim of an extortion effort by a former Justice Department official involving a made-up 17-year-old girl and a made-up relationship with her.The problem with Gaetz's explanation that this is all one big misunderstanding -- and his calls for the FBI and Department of Justice to clear things up -- is this: The Department of Justice isn't saying anything.At some point they would have to confirm them if they were true. Because if the FBI and/or the DOJ know it was an extortion attempt it could soon look like they were engaging in a smear campaign against Gaetz. So far the FBI/ DOJ have said nothing at all. Keep an eye on the DOJ and FBI. Continued silence -- assuming Gaetz doesn't back down from his allegations -- may well be telling.Congressman Matt Gaetz has said that he is not Gay, that he’s “not comfortable” with the “Gay Lifestyle,” that he supports Trump’s ban on trans people serving in the military, and opposes the LGBT Equality Act. Gaetz is a 38 year old Lifelong Bachelor. He recently announced his engagement to a woman from Santa Barbara, California who is from a family of devoted Trump donors. Probably high time Gaetz should get married. A spokesperson for Rep. Liz Chaney (R-Wyo.) shot back at Gaetz for his criticisms of the congresswoman , saying he should “leave his beauty bag at home. In Wyoming, the men don’t wear make-up.”The spokesperson was responding to Gaetz’s plans to be at a rally in Cheyenne, Wyo., where he will reportedly urge Cheney to step down due to her decision to vote in favor of impeaching disgraced ex-President Trump. Cheney, the third-ranking House GOP leader, was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump. Cheney’s spokesperson was likely referring to a scene in the HBO documentary “The Swamp” in which Gaetz is seen getting ready for the day, part of which involves applying makeup all over his face and eyes before he appears on television. Gaetz uses a lot of make-up.Expel Matthew Gaetz from Congress—unfit to serve and mentally unfitGaetz is mentally unfit to serve as a Congressman. Gaetz defends Donald Trump from the impeachment charge that Trump inspired insurrection on Janaury 6, 2021. Gaetz turned to a defense that has been soundly discredited: Trump’s claims that the presidential election was stolen from him, and that Congress needed to be stopped from certifying Democrat Joe Biden as the next President. Gaetz also went over Trump’s full term. He insisted Trump had been correct in his dealings with Ukraine, when he pressured the new Ukrainian President to make a statement that both raised corruption suspicions against Biden and his son Hunter Biden and that 2016 efforts by Russia to interfere in America elections were in fact done to help Democrats, not Trump. Here is what Gaetz said after the National Capitol had been attacked:“Before the last presidential impeachment, President Trump rightly pointed out the improper activities of the Biden crime family and subsequently he’s been proven right. And don’t think for a moment, Madam Speaker, that we’re going to drop that or stop our pursuit of the truth,”Of course Trump has not been proven right and there has been no evidence produced of a Biden crime family. There has been evidence in abundance of a Trump crime family. Gaetz just continues to lie and make a fool of himself.Gaetz was accused of being Racist after he shouted over Democratic Rep. Cedric Richmond, who is Black, during a House Judiciary Committee meeting on Racism in America.In an effort to prove he’s not Racist, the 38-year-old bachelor went on Fox News to introduce the world to his beloved 19-year-old “son” Nestor, who is Cuban. There was just one teensy tiny problem: Gaetz was never Nestor’s legal guardian. Nor had he ever mentioned anything about having a “son” before. In fact, in the past, he had always referred to Nestor as a “helper” or a “local student.”Well, as it turns out, Nestor is actually the little brother of Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend, who he’s maintained a friendly relationship with since they broke up. So, if anything, he’s closer to a step brother than a son.Gaetz, who holds a 0% rating with the Human Rights Campaign and a 100% rating with the antigay hate group Family Research Council, quickly became the laughing stock of the internet, not just for claiming to be the father of an almost-20-year-old nobody previously knew about, but because shortly after that he issued a bizarre statement on Twitter saying he’s “not gay” when someone wished him a happy pride. Bear in mind that Gaetz votes 100% with a Anti-Gay Hate Group that favors denying basic human rights to 10–20% of all Americans. Yet Gaetz has said “What’s wrong with being Gay?” The question should be “What is wrong with you Matthew Gaetz and why are you voting 100% of the time for a Hate Group?”Oh, but the rabbit hole goes deeper. Politico reported that the homophobic Florida lawmaker has tested positive for CoronaVirus. The news comes shortly after it was reported that White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has also tested positive for the virus.Gaetz is a rabidly Pro-Trump Congressman from the 4 Counties in the Western Panhandle of Florida. Gaetz has been arrested for DUI but had the charges dropped by the Prosecutor. Gaetz has had numerous Ethical Complaints filed against him. Gaetz threatened Michael Cohen (Trump’s ex-Attorney) just prior to him testifying before Congress. He later apologized to Cohen for the threats. Gaetz is considered to be one of the 10 least intelligent members of Congress. His Ethics are very questionable.Anti-Gay Matthew Gaetz and his “Helper” later called “Son” NestorMatthew Gaetz (left) introduces his Son who is really not his Son at all. Gaetz wants to make it clear he is NOT Gay! Some people do not believe Gaetz is telling the truth about Nestor and his relationship with him.Recently, Antigay Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida made everyone throw up in their mouths a little when he tweeted about his sexual attraction towards Tiffany Trump. It all started November 12, 2020 when Tiffany tweeted a picture of herself posing in a red Nancy Reagan pantsuit inside the White House. Gaetz responded to the photo with a string of flirty emojis that seemed to imply he found the photo deeply arousing. It is very odd that Gaetz was flirting with Tiffany Trump when he was in a relationship supposedly with his soon to be wife. In late December Gaetz announced he was marrying someone who is not Tiffany Trump. This must be a real rush to get married since he was flirting with other women 6 weeks before announcing he was engaged.Gaetz has bemoaned dating culture in D.C., saying it’s impossible to find love because everyone is awful, dishonest, and has ulterior motives. “It’s risky to date in a town where there’s potentially a thin line between love and blackmail, or at least love and bad PR,” he said back in September, adding that “in Washington, safe sex means in part: no dating lobbyists, no dating your staff members, and I should have added no dating reporters.”Matt Gaetz one of the 10 least intelligent members of Congress and Tiffany Trump.Dating the daughters of outgoing one-term presidents, however, is evidently OK. It could just be nobody is buying the little show Gaetz puts on.Gaetz with no make-up ==Matthew Gaetz looking ragged and confusedGaetz is a profoundly Low IQ Member of Congress.Recently, Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz said President Donald Trump should pardon himself and others in his administration before leaving office to prevent the “radical left” from prosecuting them. Gaetz may just be the the least Intelligent member of Congress.Gaetz has even tweeted that Donald Trump should Pardon himself to Joe Exotic.Rep. Matt Gaetz has a new book out… it reads more like 244 pages of emails and text messages about his dating life (or lack there of). In Firebrand: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the MAGA Revolution, the antigay Representative from Florida talks about how he “arrived in D.C. as a single man after a couple of long-term relationships that didn’t work out” and has had to be extra careful about who dates since people are awful and nobody can be trusted. Though he would like to settle down eventually, Gaetz says Trump makes being a single man in Washington, D.C. easier than ever because he has normalized being a womanizer and a philanderer. A Philanderer is defined as “ a man who readily or frequently enters into casual sexual relationships with women; a womanizer.” So the 38 year old Gaetz seems to want you to think that is what he is. I am not convinced since there do not seem to be many women who would want to date Gaetz let alone have sex with him. Now if Gaetz pays for sex that really makes him a John and not a Philanderer. It is scary that a Man as disturbed as Gaetz is even in Congress. “I have an active social life,” writes Gaetz, “and it’s probably easier in the era of Trump.”Gaetz believes he only has to obey the laws he wants to obey and disregard all the rest. That is how he got his DUI dismissed. Gaetz got the cop fired who arrested him. Same thing for the NJ restaurant. Gaetz does not have to obey the Corona Laws because the Governor is a Democrat. Gaetz just does as he pleases see because he is a big powerful CongessMan and his Daddy is rich so he does not have to obey laws. You never see Gaetz meeting with any of the families of the victims he has killed listening to his advice about COVID-19. His advice is as wrong as wrong can be.Matthew Gaetz with his hero outgoing loser President TrumpWhat will Gaetz become after January 20, 2021 ? What will he do once his hero Trump is gone? Gaetz is already a profoundly poor member of Congress who accomplishes nothing substantial. Could Gaetz become even worse post-Trump? I predict he will and he will leave Congress without finishing his term. Gaetz claimed on January 6, 2021 that it was ANTIFA that was laying siege to the US Capitol. In fact it was Neo Nazi Pro Trump supporters who have already been identified. Gaetz lies so often he is shameless about it. A real douchbag. Gaetz will be facing some serious challengers in the 2022 Election. 5 People died in the siege on the Capitol including one Police Officer. Matthew Gaetz’s weird devotion to and idolization of a mentally unfit President is going to be a real issue for him to explain. Gaetz may now have an opening to resign from Congress. Recently he has said he would quit Congress to defend Trump in his Impeachment. It would allow Gaetz to leave Congress on his own without looking completely incompetent. The Miami Herald opined that Gaetz is dangerously unfit to govern because he is incompetent.Congressmen such as Gaetz who practice hate have never done well in Congress or lasted very long. Gaetz is all about Hate and taking basic human rights away from Americans. Gaetz is literally the Poster Boy for the Family Research Council a right wing Hate Group. Gaetz favors Pardons for People who planned Murders yet says he is for Law and Order. You can not make sense of Gaetz or his positions and the people of his District may soon tire of this Charlatan.In order to try to seem like he actually does something useful in Congress Gaetz is getting a new kind of training. Matt Gaetz joined a group of conservatives in February 2021 at a training session for activists readying to combat the continued use of the voting technology that propelled Trumpworld's 2020 election-theft conspiracy theories. Theories about uncounted or overcounted votes have become politically tricky and legally problematic for their most prominent backers. The activist training is part of an effort to put a more respectable and pragmatic face on the trend. The idea is to make idiots like Gaetz sound a little more intelligent when making baseless claims of voter fraud. Gaetz still has no evidence of voter fraud but he wants to learn how he can make the false claims sound more believable. Gaetz is often laughed at in Congress because of how stupid he sounds when he talks.The Landscape around Pensacola has been changing since January 6,2021. Now you see billboards about Matthew Gaetz:Billboards about Gaetz in the Congressional District he supposedly represents. Gaetz decided he vote by Proxy so he could attend and speak at a Conservative Convention in Florida. The bill was about providing Americans with relief for the COVID Crisis which Gaetz decided was not important. It must be nice since Gaetz was born with a Silver Spoon in his mouth. But last year Gaetz was opposed to voting by Proxy. It seems like Gaetz can not go one month without doing something fake and dishonest and making no sense. In March 2021 Gaetz voted no to covid relief and the stimulus payments. That is typical Gaetz could not care any less about the poor.Recently the Department of Justice announced an investigation of whether Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and paid for her travels with him. Gaetz, 38, a conservative firebrand and close ally of former President Donald Trump, denied the reported allegations against him. Gaetz claimed that he is being threatened in a $25 million “organized criminal extortion” scheme. I wonder what Gaetz’s soon to be wife thinks about her 38 year old makeup wearing future husband having relations with 17 year olds? It is not easy to be a shameless idiot in Congress but Gaetz manages to make it look simple. He has so many imbecile moments which one to pick is not easy. For me the time Gaetz tried to get the parents of the victims of the Parkland school shootings expelled from a hearing on Gun Violence is top of the list. I think Matthew Gaetz may soon be resigning from Congress in view of the most recent charges against him. That is great news for the people in his district who Gaetz fails to represent. Gaetz has accomplished nothing for any of them but he has most certainly made a fool of himself. His weird devotion to a mentally ill ex-President is disturbing and useless to the people he was supposed to represent. Gaetz seems to want to work on a media show and has already said that is his goal. That tells me Gaetz is leaving and knows his days in Congress are numbered. In all the time I have had this answer posted I have never heard from one constituent of Matthew Gaetz who said he was a decent or even average representative in Congress. I have heard from hundreds who all say he is a terrible person who is inept and can not do his job. So maybe it is best if Gaetz takes a job at Newsmax where he can provide commentary on Congress. Because Gaetz does not know how to be a good Congressman and keep free of scandals 24/7. So why not let him take a commentary job instead on a job he never could do well. If Gaetz ends up in jail there will not be a job for him anywhere. Maybe that is how the Gaetz story will end. If Liz Cheney is laughing now I can understand. She has been saying for months Gaetz is a waste of a congress seat. Gaetz is so busy applying makeup to his face I do not think he could ever be effective in Congress. The spoke person for Gaetz’s office quit after the latest scandal with underage females. “The Office of Congressman Matt Gaetz and Luke Ball have agreed that it would be best to part ways,” Gaetz’s office said in a statement. “We thank him for his time in our office, and we wish him the best moving forward.” Not a good look for Gaetz. U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz was the lone vote in the House against an anti-human trafficking bill. Now he is alleged to be involved with trafficking. His idol DJT has so far not said one word in his defense. Makes you wonder. There have been a growing number of calls for Gaetz to resign. Maybe Gaetz should listen to them and get out. A congressional seat is a terrible thing to waste. Even if the best case scenario for Gaetz takes place and he is not arrested and jailed he is finished in Congress. Naked photos of women and showing them to other members of Congress? He is unfit to be on the House Judiciary Committee by that sleazy fact about him alone.The top prosecutor in Palm Beach County, State’s Attorney Dave Aronberg, discussed the potential legal problems that Gaetz faces.Aronberg told MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt that if Gaetz is convicted on the most serious charge—child sex trafficking—he faces a minimum of 10 years in prison, and a maximum of life. And there’s a chance that the county official whose misdeeds reportedly led to the current investigation into Gaetz could potentially put “Florida Man” in a legal checkmate.Aronberg believes the biggest problem for Gaetz is that Joel Greenberg — the former tax collector for Seminole County who has been brought up on federal charges for sex trafficking of a minor — could turn on Gaetz and provide evidence incriminating the congressman. Such a move could blow up what Aronbrerg called Gaetz’s “last remaining defense” — claiming he either did not have sex with the 17-year old girl at the center of the investigation or claiming she turned 18 by the time he did.“Those defenses can be overcome by the sworn testimony of the alleged victim, or the discovery of incriminating documents like text messages, emails amongst the parties, or if Joel Greenberg flips on the bigger fish — Matt Gaetz,” Aronberg said. “Which I think is almost certain at this point.”Aronberg noted that the Greenberg case involves the same girl who is at the center of the Gaetz case. To Aronberg’s mind, this means prosecutors not only believe the girl was a minor, but that “something of value exchanged hands” between the girl and Greenberg. He believes it’s possible the same charges could be applied to Gaetz—and that his “last remaining defense” could be torpedoed if either the girl or Greenberg testify. He believes Greenberg is very likely to flip if he hasn’t already done so. Not only does Greenberg face spending the rest of his life in prison, but he’s currently in jail for violating his pretrial release conditions.But according to Aronberg, the potential legal landmines for Gaetz don’t end there.“For Gaetz, the problem is, it’s not just child sex trafficking,” Aronberg said. “If they can’t prove that and can only prove he had sex with an underage girl, well, that would be a violation of the state law against having sex with a minor. And that is a 15-year maximum sentence. And you have to register as a sex offender. Even if it’s solicitation of a sex act, that’s also a felony, plus registration as a sex offender. There are no good outcomes here, I think, for Matt Gaetz in the future.”Specifically, if Gaetz were convicted of statutory rape or solicitation of a sex act, he would face a minimum of five-and-a-half years in prison, and would have to complete sex offender probation and register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.In other words—if there’s anything at all to this, Gaetz may have more immediate worries than keeping his House seat. And the more I think about it, there’s a good reason to think there’s definitely a there there. He can’t credibly dismiss this as politically motivated, seeing that the investigation was initiated when Bill Barr was still attorney general.The clock is ticking for Gaetz on Capitol Hill. The House Repubs are reportedly prepared to give Gaetz what amounts to a “resign or be expelled” ultimatum if Gaetz is indicted, and House Democrats are mounting an Ethics Committee investigation into claims Gaetz showed nude pictures of his sexual conquests to his colleagues on the House floor. There’s no delicate way to put it—Matt Gaetz is screwed eight ways to Sunday.Matthew Gaetz is an absolute disgrace to Congress and not fit to serve.