Yes, Virginia, sexual assaults against children are extremely common in the United States.  They run the gamut from indecent exposure, physical fondling of children, engaging in sex acts with minors, showing pornography to or using children in porn films, exposing minors to sex acts of adults (in real time or through media), and continue all the way to prostituting minors or enslaving them for sex trafficking.  Just in the most extreme measures alone-selling children to be raped for profit (prostitution of minors), estimates of 200,000 to 300,000 children annually in the United States are introduced into this vile life.

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A Pierce County child rapist shot and killed two women in Arlington, Texas Tuesday night, including a rookie police officer who was trying to protect an 11-year-old girl, police officials said Wednesday. Barnes Samuel Nettles – convicted of third-degree child rape in Pierce County in 1997 — then shot and killed himself, police said. The Associated Press reported that Nettles, 38, had moved from Washington to Texas in August.

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http://www.seattlepi.com/local/432536_sexoffender.html?source=mypi

APOPKA —A man accused of sexual battery on a child said a demon made him do it. The man was arrested Wednesday by Orange County Sheriff’s Office. He’s facing charges of sexual battery of a child under 12, tampering with a witness and sexual activity with a child. According to the police report, the man claimed a demon was doing it and that he didn’t want to go to jail.

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http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2010/december/188598/Man-accused-of-child-rape:-Demon-made-me-do-it

Fortunately, the pace of legal reform regarding child-sex-abuse statutes of limitations did not abate in 2010. The logic of eliminating the statute of limitations (“SOL”) for this heinous crime and tort — and of creating an SOL “window” so that past victims can come forward and receive justice — remains irrefutable. Study after study has proven that victims typically need decades to get to the psychological place where they can come forward to tell their stories in court, and that therefore, short statutes of limitations mean there will be no justice at all. Short SOLs also mean that perpetrators and their enablers remain cloaked in secrecy, which is just what is needed to perpetuate cycles of abuse; as the years pass with perpetrators and enablers unidentified, more and more children fall prey.

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http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hamilton/20101230.html

OKLAHOMA CITY — A 10-month-old baby with serious injuries all over his body has been taken into state protective custody while police investigate possible child abuse. On December 26, 2010, the baby was transported from Moore Hospital to OU Medical Center after doctors discovered both the infant’s arms were broken. He also had bruising and bite marks on his arms and legs. Doctors said the bite marks were from an adult. Oklahoma City Police were called to the hospital to investigate.

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http://www.newson6.com/Global/story.asp?S=13760596

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The Department of Children and Families (DCF) said the alcoholic drink Four Loko is to blame for a new wave of child abuse claims across Central Florida. In less than three months, the drink has been tied to more than a dozen cases.DCF spokeswoman Carrie Hoeppner talked Wednesday evening about the recent surge in Osceola County.“What we saw an increase in, or a new trend in, was the introduction of the beverage – an alcoholic beverage called Four Loko. So at this point we’ve seen about a dozen cases mostly in Osceola County, ” Hoeppner said.

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http://www.wftv.com/news/26316917/detail.html

MONTGOMERY, AL — Montgomery police have charged a 23-year-old woman with capital murder in the death of her 4-year-old son. Brittany Ellis is being held at the Montgomery County Detention Facility. Capt. Ron Cook, a police spokesman, says an autopsy showed the cause of the death of Keante Taunton was restraint-related asphyxia. Police officers responded to Baptist Medical Center South on Oct. 20 in response to the child’s death.

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http://www.whnt.com/news/sns-ap-al–mother-capitalmurder,0,7224193.story

A 53-year-old Omaha child care provider was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of felony child abuse involving an 11-month-old boy. Sandra Johnson, of 3930 N. 19th St., allegedly broke the boy’s left arm Sunday while he was at her home child-care business, police said. Police went to Creighton University Medical Center to investigate the injury. Johnson, also known as Sandra L. Minor, grew frustrated and allegedly grabbed the boy by the arm, said Officer Michael Pecha, a police spokesman.

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http://www.omaha.com/article/20101230/NEWS97/712309872

PHOENIX — The daughter of a county supervisor has been arrested on suspicion of sexual conduct with the same teenage boy that her mother is accused of sexually abusing over a three-year period, police said Thursday. Rachel Katherine Brock, 21, was arrested Wednesday on three counts of sexual conduct with a minor and one count of transmitting obscene material as part of an ongoing investigation surrounding her mother, 48-year-old Susan Brock.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-supervisor-wife-arrested,0,6173472.story

CANTON, Miss. — Canton police are investigating the rape of a 5-year-old girl, Chief Vicki McNeil said.The incident took place on Sunday, McNeil said. The child is expected to be released from a local hospital on Tuesday, she said.No arrests have been made in connection with the case, McNeil said.

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http://www.wapt.com/news/26304033/detail.html

PALMDALE, CA — A 50-year-old man who authorities say had a makeshift bed in his car has been arrested for allegedly trying to kidnap and molest a 15-year-old girl in Palmdale. Tracy Jones, of Apple Valley, has been charged with attempted kidnapping and attempted child molesting, according to sheriff’s officials. An off-duty sheriff’s deputy spotted Jones driving slowly beside the teen as she walked along the 39000 block of Summerwind Drive on the afternoon of Christmas Eve.

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http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-palmdale-kidnap-attempt-arrest,0,6519616.story

Police: Suspect admitted dumping body in Christmas killing

A woman accused in the death of a 12-year-old boy who disappeared Christmas Eve and whose charred remains were found in a ditch nearly a week later has admitted she dumped the body, according to authorities. Mona Yvette Nelson, 44, is charged with capital murder in the slaying of Jonathan Paul Foster, who vanished from his northwest Houston home about 2 p.m. Friday. Nelson was arrested Wednesday at her apartment and had been scheduled to appear in a court hearing this morning, but officials said she had a medical issue and was not brought to the courtroom. They didn’t release details of her condition.

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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7359495.html

Hawaii: Craigslist is still a venue for sex trafficking. Though Craigslist removed its adult service section, many of sex ads were moved to more discreet location on Hawaiian site according to Honolulu Civil Beat.

Texas: Law enforcement and nonprofit groups are joining their efforts to fight against human trafficking during the Super Bowl. Volunteers will distribute thousands of soup bars with national hotline number to area motels to educate motel owners. The law enforcement individuals also met at Cowboy Stadium on Tuesday to learn how to spot children victimized by prostitution.

Alabama: The human trafficking charge against a Georgian man who allegedly attempted to sell an immigrant for labor was dismissed. According to the report, the police said that because the victim refused to cooperate, there was no case against the Georgian man. Currently, the victim is awaiting for deportation to Honduras, and the Georgian man was released on Christmas Eve.

EUROPE

France: A 58 year old Bosnian man was arrested for trafficking more than 100 girls for pickpocketing in Paris. He allegedly recruited young girls from Roma and forced them into pickpocketing on Paris metro. If the girls refused, he physically and sexually abused and burned them with cigarettes. The girls were also trained to tell police that they were 12 years old, the age at which they are immune from criminal prosecution.

ASIA

Philippines: Quezon City mayor urged the city council to implement measures to stop human trafficking. He recommended that the measures would include protection of children, accountabilities for travel agencies to prevent illegal recruitment of workers.

AFRICA

Rwanda: Authorities are holding 54 Bangladeshis that were found on human trafficking route. According to the report, the authority suspects that Bangladeshis were heading to Mozambique to work on farms for Zimbabwean farmers in Mozambique. The authority also arrested the man who was holding the travel documents of Bangladeshis. The 54 Bangladeshis will return to their country.

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http://www.examiner.com