Concerning the Recently Deleted Content on the DOJ’s Website regarding Child Sex Trafficking
Why did they remove this information as the docu-drama “Sound of Freedom” brings the reality of these horrific crimes against children to the forefront of the American public awareness? Who did this and what are they trying to hide? Is the problem so pervasive that individuals at the DOJ with access to the webpage are afraid of this awareness? Are those individuals customers of people like Jeffrey Epstien or similar characters?
The internet makes it very easy for the sale of children for sex and exploitation materials on platforms like Meta (Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp etc). How is it that conservatives posting content that is considered politically charged can be banned or shadow banned and their content removed with ease while child exploitation material is left alone to be viewed by perpetrators?
All these questions and no answers…..
Here is the content that was deleted
Child Sex Trafficking:
Child sex trafficking refers to the recruitment, harboring transportation, provision,
obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a minor for the purpose of a commercial sex acL
Offenders of this crime who are commonly referred to as traffickers. or pimps, target vulnerable
children and gain control over them using a variety of manipulative methods. Victims
frequently fall prey to traffickers who lure them in with an offer of food, clothing, attention,
friendship, love, and a seemingly safe place to sleep. No child is immune to becoming a victim of child sex trafficking, regardless of the child's race, age~ socioeconomic status, or location, and every child involved in this form of commercial sexual exploitation is a victim.
Technological advances, in particular the Internet and mobile devices. have facilitated the
sex trafficking of children by providing a convenient worldwide marketing channel. Individuals
can now use websites and social media to advertise, schedule, and purchase sexual encounters with minors. The Internet and mobile devices also allow pimps and traffickers to reach a larger clientele base than in the past, which may expose victims to greater risks and dangers.
Child sex trafficking investigations present unique challenges to Law enforcement and
require a robust multijurisdictional response, with multiple agencies playing a critical role in
ensuring the protection of victims and effective prosecution of offenders. The method by which
most traffickers identify, recruit, market, and maintain their victims results in a unique
combination of sustained violent criminal behavior with reluctant victims and witnesses.
Although interviews of sex trafficking victims frequently identify traffickers and other
accomplices, some child, victims may resist identifying their traffickers because of fear or other
means of manipulation that their pimp has exercised over them. Furthermore, the victim may
only know their traffickers' street name and cannot fully identify their traffickers.
Child sex trafficking victims are often not recognized as victims and may be arrested and
jailed. The dangers faced by these children from the traffickers, their associates, and from
customers are severe. These children become hardened by the treacherous environment in
which they must learn to survive. As such, they do not always outwardly present as sympathetic
victims. They also frequently suffer from short-term and long-term psychological effects such
as depression, self-hatred, and feelings of hopelessness. These child victims also need
specialized services that are not widely available given they often have illnesses, drug addictions, physical and sexual trauma, lack of viable family and community ties, and total dependence physical and psychological-on their abusers.
CEO’s Role:
CEO’S attorneys work with the High Technology Investigative Unit (HTIU), the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the United States Attorney’s Offices around the country and other
state and local parties to investigate and prosecute cases arising under federal statutes prohibiting child sex trafficking. CEOS works to not only punish and jail offenders, but to
protect the rights and welfare of the children involved.
In addition, CEOS maintains a coordinated, national-level law enforcement focus, and
helps coordinate nationwide and international investigations and initiatives. CEOS attorneys
travel all over the country to conduct trainings for investigators, law enforcement personnel and
others involved in efforts to eradicate this crime .. Moreover, CEOS designs, implements, and
supports law enforcement strategies, legislative proposals, and policy initiatives relating to
federal laws prohibiting child sex trafficking.
International Sex Trafficking of Minors:
One form of sex trafficking involves the cross border transportation of children. In these situations recruit and transfer children across international borders in order to exploit them in another country. The traffickers can be individuals working alone, organized crime groups, enterprises, or networks of criminals working together to traffick children into prostitution across country lines.
This form of sex trafficking is a problem in the United States, and recovered victims are from all over the world including less developed areas such as South and South-EastAasia, Central and South America, to more developed areas such as Western Europe. Once in the United States, a child could be trafficked to any or multiple states within the country. These victims are often trafficked far from home and thrown into unfamiliar locations and culture. They may be given a false passport or other documentation to conceal their age and true identity. They may also struggle with the English language. All of these factors make it extremely difficult for these children to come forward to law enforcement.
In addition, many foreign victims originate from nations that suffer from poverty, turbulent politics and unstable economics. Children from these countries are seen as easy targets by traffickers because they face problems of illiteracy, limited employment opportunities, and bleak financial circumstances in their home country. It is not uncommon for foreign victims to be coerced by a trafficker under false pretenses. The child is told that a better life or job opportunity awaits them in the United States. However, once in the United States they are introduced into a life of prostitution controlled by traffickers.
Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors:
The United States not only faces a problem of foreign victims trafficked into the country. but there is also a homegrown problem of American children being recruited and exploited for commercial sex. Under federal law, a child does not need to cross international or even state borders to be considered a victim of commercial sexual exploitation, and unfortunately,
American children are falling victim to this crime within the United States.
Pimps and traffickers sexually exploit children through street prostitution, and in adult night clubs, illegal brothels, sex parties, motel rooms, hotel rooms, and other locations throughout the United States, Many recovered American victims are street children, a population of runaway or throwaway youth who often come from low income families, and may suffer from physical abuse, sexual abuse and fumily abandonment issues. This population is seen as an casy target by pimps because the children are generally vulnerable, without dependable guardians, and suffer from low self-esteem. Victims of the prostitution of children, however, come from all backgrounds in terms of class, race, and geography (i.e. urban, suburban, and rural settings).
Ofen in domestic sex trafficking situations, pimps will make the child victim feel dependent on prostitution for life necessities and survival. For example, a pimp will lure a child with food, clothes, attention, friendship, love, und a seemingly safe place to stay. After cultivating a relationship with a child and engendering a false sense of trust, the pimp will begin engaging the child in prostitution. It is also common for pimps to isolate victims by moving them far away from friends and family, altering their physical appearances, or continuously moving victims to new locations. In many cases, victims become so hardened by the environment in which they must learn to survive that they are incapable of leaving the situation on their own.
Child Victims of Prostitution:
The term prostitution can delude or confuse one's understanding of this form of child sexual exploitation. It is important to emphasize that the children involved are victims. Pimps and traffickers manipulate children by using physical, emotional, and psychological abuse to keep them trapped in a life of prostitution. It is not uncommon for traffickers to beat, rape, torture their victims, Some traffickers also use drugs and alcohol to control them.
Technological advances, in particular the Internet, have facilitated the commercial sexual exploitation of children by providing a convenient worldwide marketing channel. Individuals can now use websites to advertise, schedule, and purchase sexual encounters with minors. The
Internet and web enabled cell phones also allow pimps and traffickers to reach a larger clientele base than in the past, which may expose victims to greater risks and dangers.
Venereal diseases also run rampant. Children may also suffer from short-term long-term psychological effects such as depression, low self-esteem, and feelings of hopelessness.
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