"1 in 6 endangered runaways reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children were likely sex trafficking victim."  The Polaris Project

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Sex trafficking or slavery is the exploitation of women and children, within national or across international borders, for the purposes of forced sex work.

 

Commercial sexual exploitation includes pornography, prostitution and sex trafficking of women and girls, and is characterized by the exploitation of a human being in exchange for goods or money. 

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