~2/3^rds of the money earned by human traffickers is from sex trafficking.

To the trafficker, that person, that child, is not a person. They are an “It.” They are a body, not a human being; they are a piece of merchandise, to be branded with ownership tattoos, marketed and sold to the highest bidder.

To the buyer, regardless of the excuse offered if caught, that body is also an “It,” to be used for personal gain; then hushed, denied, discarded, and forgotten.

Meanwhile, the CSEC child, a human being, loses out in every way, regardless of any belief offered by either of the perpetrators. Excuses like these, “But she looked like she was having fun,” “But he was really into it, I could tell,” no longer stand up in court as a viable defense.

No perpetrator, neither trafficker nor buyer, thinks of the child as a victim. Even less if the victim is an adult who can legally consent to sex. This, however, purports the belief that an adult can always choose; who, where, what, when, how, how much. A belief, not a truth. And a child under the age of 18 cannot legally consent to sex so the element of choice simply does not apply. But do Buyers think of this? No victim caught in the triangle web of the trafficker, buyer, victim has the luxury of choice. Total control is exercised by the trafficker to meet every demand from the buyer to their satisfaction with all money pocketed by the trafficker for personal gain, then carefully portioned out to the entrapped child or adult as ‘business expenses’ with ever a watchful eye set on their next sale.

One final point: the average lifespan of a trafficked victim is seven years.