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. '''Statistics dug up by Thorn, an agency that studies technology’s role in sex trafficking, found that sites like Craigslist are often used as tools for conducting business within the industry. Incredibly, 70 percent of child sex trafficking survivors surveyed by Thorn were at some point sold online.'''

NPR reported in March that the Justice Department believes child sex trafficking could generate a staggering $32 billion a year.

To protect children from exploitation, risk factors such as poverty and discrimination need to be addressed. UNICEF's efforts in countries around the world include helping to provide a living wage for parents so that their children do not have to work to support the family and can attend school instead, lobbying governments and other partners to develop laws and strengthen child protection systems to prevent and respond to violence and abuse,working with communities and faith-based organizations to change harmful societal norms that make children more vulnerable to exploitation, and supporting the training of professionals working with children including social workers, health workers and police and border officials to help stop trafficking.

'''Every year 300,000 children are taken all around the world and sold by human traffickers as slaves. 17,000 of those children are brought to the United States, so that is 46 children per day.''' [unreliable source?]

I tried to add another source because I changed the whole statistic but it just let me add it on the side.