Every Parent’s Worst Nightmare: How To Protect Your Children from Human Trafficking & other crimes

The crime of human trafficking is a very real threat that still affects the United States to this day. Education about this crime has been mounting with each day, and as this happens, more people come forward to retell the frightening tales of their experiences. Many of these victims take on fake names to protect themselves, though many would believe just sharing their stories is brave enough. Primetime television did a report on a girl who chose the false name of 'Debbie', who told her story about her abduction.

The most terrifying part about Debbie's story was that it began with a phone call from someone she believed to be a friend, innocently wanting to stop by for a visit. It went well enough, and as they were parting ways, Debbie went to give her friend a hug, where she was then forced inside her friend's vehicle-- abducted from her own front yard! Debbie was sent on a long drive, for hours, with constant turns to the point where she couldn't recognize where she was, even though she was merely half an hour's drive away from her home.

From there, Debbie became the victim of threats as well as phsyical and sexual abuse. She explained to the reporters that the friend (or so she thought) who kidnapped her asked her where she wanted to be shot. He then toyed with the gun, counting to three, and pulled the trigger only for the gun to not fire. Debbie retold how he laughed at her then, and how it only terrified her further.

Debbie was then forcibly drugged and raped by five men, including her kidnapper and a middle-aged man who orchestrated the whole episode. When they were finished with her, they stuffed her into a drawer underneath the kidnapper's bed, where she waited, terrified. When police came to find her, she didn't even dare make a sound, lest retaliation come from her abductors.

While some of the stories of abduction involve betrayal from a known friend, another common tale involves some kind of offer that a victim finds difficult to refuse, mostly involving some kind of job offer or modeling career. Another young woman gave her story to a Fox News station about her terrifying journey. She chose the false name 'Jules' to protect her identity. At the time, she was nineteen, and told her abductors that. The abductor became enraged, however, having paid a lofty sum for someone he thought was a minor, but actually was not. Jules continued on to explain she was often sold to other traffickers, with claims she was thirteen.

Jules continues to use her false name when she helps educate the community about the dangers of human trafficking and abductions, in order to help prevent what happened to her from happening to anyone else. The things she warns young teens about include wariness; traffickers will often go to social websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and so on, reading what these young teens will post. Predators love when kids are rebellious against parents or unhappy with their lives.

As for parents, the biggest step to protecting your children is to be aware. Parents should be aware of all these plots and schemes predators commonly use, and should be aware of any red flags that their children might be coming into one of these traps. Children should be informed of these kinds of situations that happen every day in an honest, frank, but gentle manner, preparing them to tell their parents if they know any of the signs. Talking with your children is one of the biggest ways to prevent abduction and child slavery.

Education of the community is also a very large opponent to human trafficking. Good communities will come together as a watch against any of their own being taken away, and again, honest, frank, and respectful discussion will help raise awareness.

Many organizations exist today that are fighting this modern-day slavery. They fight hard by launching various efforts to rescue the victims of the human slave trade, bringing the abductors and slavers to justice, and ultimately, their goal is to end human slavery in its entirety. These groups create teams that bring potential threats to light, making local authorites aware of any potential signs of danger.

They key facet to all of this, however, is to actively seek an end to human trafficking. Communicate. Communicate with your children, with your community, and be aware of any threats, any organizations helping to combat that threat, and of efforts being made by authorities and commoners alike to stop this insidious crime. To this day, petition drives and educational websites like this one are being made to make knowledge of human trafficking more public, as well as push for harsher punishments for those found guilty of modern-day slavery. Americans can stand united to help put a stop to this crime, and protect the freedom that this country has prided itself on.

Please finde more information at the Website of SCTNow. SCTNow is dedicated to ending human trafficking and child slavery in our lifetime.




Video Description: This video is about Somaly Mam, wo girl/woman born in a village in the Cambodian jungle. She was sold into slavery by her own grandfather as she became twelve years old. The following years, she was shuttled through various sites in Southeast Asia, getting to know the horrors of human trade at first hand. | Video Rating: 5 / 5

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