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The Media and Unaccompanied Minors in the Southern Mexican Borde: Vulnerability to Human Trafficking
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Government |
| Location | Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States |
| Introduction | The U.S. first outlawed trafficking of people during the Civil War. Today, all 50 states prohibit prostitution under state and local laws. But in fiscal year 2009, government-funded programs identified more than 700 potential foreign trafficking victims, in addition to 1,000 potential American trafficking victims. Along with 27 other nations, the U.S. listed itself in the top tier of compliance in the latest report, but notes that the U.S. is "a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to trafficking". Here are a few figures. 22: Prosecutions of sex trafficking cases (2009) 18: Percent of sex trafficking victims (all women) of all foreign adult trafficking cases (2009) 38: Percent of sex trafficking victims (16 percent boys) of all foreign child trafficking cases (2009) 206: Males under 18 arrested for prostitution or commercialized vice (2008) 643: Females under 18 arrested for prostitution or commercialized vice (2008) 12,133: Males arrested for prostitution offenses (2008) 26: Arrests, indictments and convictions of U.S. citizens involved in child sex tourism (2009) Source: Trafficking in Persons Report 2010 |
| Interests | Reading, History, Politics, and Advocacy. |