Teen Model Takes On Human Trafficking
14-year-old model Lily Goodman was shocked when she learned that there is human trafficking in America, that children like her are being preyed upon right here in the United States. She had assumed it only took place in other countries until she was asked to model in the Blue Campaign for Homeland Security in 2013 to raise awareness about human trafficking. Goodman learned that human trafficking is a huge problem in her home state of Virginia. Posing as photographers, agents or other workers in the modeling industry is one way traffickers lure young girls into modern-day slavery. READ MORE HERE
---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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