Atlanta Escorts: Group trains airline staff to spot traffickers
Posted on October 15th, 2010 in Atlanta escorts
In the United States, as many as 300,000 children are trafficked annually and most are used for prostitution and pornography, according to a 2001 University of Pennsylvania study.
Airlines already coordinate in a “worldwide effort among police, border control and intelligence agencies,” to fight a crime that “violates the most basic precepts of human dignity,” the Air Transport Association said in a statement.
The human trafficking industry was also the subject of a hearing in July co-sponsored by U.S. Representative Christopher Smith who called for tougher sanctions on offenders.
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Busy airports are a natural distribution hub for traffickers and big airport cities become a magnet not just for adult prostitutes but also for the child sex industry, according to law enforcement authorities.
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To combat the problem, Georgia has set up the only U.S. state-wide system of care for girls who exit prostitution and increased the number of beds in safe houses from seven to 23.
See the full article from “Toronto Sun”
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