Laying blame on Haiti to end its own problem with trafficking of children and child sexual slavery ignores the root causes of trafficking of children worldwide. Child trafficking is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world. UNICEF values the global market of child trafficking at over $12 billion a year with over 2 million child victims. Men, women and children are all victims but, the most vulnerable groups, those with limited rights or protections, have been the hardest hit… especially children.
Trafficking children into the sex industry is done because of the extreme poverty reigning in Haitian society and because there is a demand. Predators seek out vulnerable victims and lure them under false pretenses into situations they cannot escape from. Children have become sexual commodities to be bought and sold for the pleasure of exploiters.
The documentary below was released about 19 months before the catastrophic earthquake that struck Haiti in January, 2010. The situation of child trafficking in Haiti has become considerably worse since then.
Trafficking children into the sex industry is done because of the extreme poverty reigning in Haitian society and because there is a demand. Predators seek out vulnerable victims and lure them under false pretenses into situations they cannot escape from. Children have become sexual commodities to be bought and sold for the pleasure of exploiters.
The documentary below was released about 19 months before the catastrophic earthquake that struck Haiti in January, 2010. The situation of child trafficking in Haiti has become considerably worse since then.
HOW TO BUY A CHILD IN 10 HOURS - First Part
HOW TO BUY A CHILD IN 10 HOURS - Second Part
Click here to Read the Script of the Documentary
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