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Sex trafficking which is defined as "When a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age.", has been in the news today. 1/ 
Since 2007,the Nat'l Human Trafficking Hotline (888-373-7888) operated by Polaris,has received reports of 34,700 sex trafficking cases inside the United States. Victims of sex trafficking can be U.S. citizens, foreign nationals, women, men, children, and LGBTQ individuals. 2/
In 2017, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children estimated that 1 in 7 endangered runaways reported to them were likely sex trafficking victims. 86% of these likely victims were in the care of social services or foster care when they went missing 3/
What we are now learning is how wealthy men like Epstein & Kraft have been able to ignore our laws, and victimize women and children. Wealthy & powerful men, have wealthy and powerful friends who don't care about protecting the poorest and weakest among us. 4/
It's time for us to stand up and work to save & protect the victims of sex trafficking, and to prosecute the victimizers, no matter how wealthy or powerful they, or their friends, are. We can do more. Here are some groups that are leading the fight: cnn.com/2018/03/05/wor… 5/5
