Sobering Statistics Revealed on the Child Rape for Profit Industry- Atlanta INtown Paper
We are bombarded with statistics about crime, so they are easily lost in the constant stream of news, chatter and social media. But here’s a number that’s hard to ignore: 7,200 people in the state of Georgia purchase a child for sex each month. Even more troubling: the same child is sold 10 to 15 times to meet the high demand.
…The average age of the victims - boys and girls - is 12 to 14, and said children of all races and demographics are being exploited. In many cases, Chevalier said sellers prey on a child’s vulnerabilities, most notably hunger.
“There are 998,000 children on reduced or free lunches in Georgia’s public schools, and that’s probably the only meal they receive,” he said. “Hunger is a vulnerability and children are often coerced for food.”
Chevalier said human trafficking had become a $40 billion business worldwide and was set to surpass every other type of organized crime.
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