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You, your kids, friends, family members, traffickers, buyers...  everyone loves the INTERNET.

We spend hours surfing online every day, and for the same reasons:
quick and easy access to information, to friends, to opportunities to share photos and stories.

We love its instant fun and the visibility of nice things we post.

We love it for self-expression.

Traffickers love it for obscurity.

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Traffickers use the internet to:

  • shop personal profiles for their next victim
  • introduce themselves using practiced sweet talk
  • lure their victim with dreams matching victim’s posts
  • snare their victims with promises too good to be true
  • have multiple files of children and vulnerable adults
  • lie about who they are and why they like you
  • accept bookings from buyers
  • all from the comfort of home.

Traffickers have every hour of the day for surfing, pinging, sending friend requests, chatting, gaming, sending praise, expressing condolences, lending a sympathetic ear to teens and then posting ads selling their victim once they have them under their control; all with the flick of the wrist.

Buyers love it for anonymity.

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Buyers use the internet for:

  • hiding their actions and names
  • pretending they are innocent
  • booking their encounter
    • Research has revealed their peak ‘purchasing time’ is 2:00 PM on a regular weekday, for a peak ‘using time’ between 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM on the same day.
  • sharing, comparing, and discussing their sexual experience with other buyers, either recommending the victim or not

Dear Consumer – Now You Know

When considering human trafficking...

… it is no joke to say that… 
Online surfing is one of the most dangerous activities of modern times,
… and
a mobile phone is one of the most lethal weapons one can possess.

Protect your kids online...

Be their TRUSTED ADULT.

The time is now – the age is any.
Kids, tweens, teens, youth together with their Trusted Adult.

PARENTS

The time is now to develop a TRUSTED ADULT relationship with your children of all ages.

KIDS

The time is now to develop a trusting relationship with your parents or another TRUSTED ADULT.

TRUSTED ADULT

The importance of having a “Trusted Adult” comes from human brain development.

Research tells us the frontal lobe, the decision-making area of the brain, is not fully developed until approximately 25-27 years of age. The most common ages targeted by traffickers for recruitment and grooming are between 12-20 years old, and especially from 15-17 years old.

Polaris, 2018

Teens believe they are “ready for the world.” But they operate from the amygdala, the emotional part of the brain and, scientifically, they don’t yet have the capability of making sound decisions. This is why having a Trusted Adult in their lives is so crucial. When that adult is trained to recognize the signs of recruitment, sex trafficking and trauma, they are even more able to help.

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Having a TRUSTED ADULT in their lives is the best way to protect you and your loved ones from online predators.
RED FLAGS

Signs of potential Communication with ONLINE PREDATORS –

Children may:

  • Withdraw from family and friends
  • Get upset when they cannot be online
  • Download and watch pornography
  • Become secretive or obsessive about online activity
  • Begin using sexualized language, sometimes without comprehending the meaning
  • Regularly upload sexualized photos / videos
  • Won’t tell who is receiving your uploaded pictures / videos
  • Receive phone calls/gifts from people you do not know
  • Receive phone calls/hang up when someone enters the room and won’t say who it was
  • Arrange to meet their online ‘friend’ in a public place and they tell you about it/ask permission
  • Leave / sneak out of the house at odd hours
  • Change screens / turn off computer when someone enters the room
  • Shut off computer when someone enters the room
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Let your children know it is YOU who really cares for them and their well-being. Learn about, and then have open and honest conversations with your kids about, the dangers of sex trafficking and online predation.

Online predators are real. Encourage your kids to turn to their Trusted Adult when they encounter something that makes them feel uncomfortable, both in-person and online. Encourage them to do this before harm occurs.

Accepting the truth of these crimes, what they are, how, where, and to whom they happen, and what to watch for to avoid the traps, will help keep everyone safe.

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The Potential Dangers of

SEXTING

The voluntary act of sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually explicit messages, photographs, or videos of oneself to others, primarily between private mobile phones, computers and tablets.

SEXTORTION

A form of sexual exploitation using abuse of power and non-physical coercion to extort sexual images, videos, favors or money from the victim. Non-compliance results in the release of real or fabricated sexual images of the victim primarily via public chat sites and social media platforms.

‘Now’ is the first generation to grow up using the internet, social media, and apps as their normal method of teen self-expression and communication. However…

     THINGS TO KNOW

SEXTING

  • Is illegal for minors to send or receive nude pictures or videos
  • Is considered as distribution of child pornography (at State/Federal levels)
  • Age is not a factor: the responsibility is yours whether it’s
      • minors with adults
      • minors with minors
  • Prosecution effects your personal reputation, future job possibilities, your relationships
  • Possibly required to register as a sex offender
  • Considerations are given for youth

WHAT CAN HAPPEN?

REVENGE PORN

Possible non-consensual sharing of your images

SEXTORTION

Possible extortion for more images, videos, or money.

SEX TRAFFICKING

Possible extortion for more images, videos, or money.

Where do traffickers find their victims?

        Here…

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… and here.

PREVENTION BEFORE HARM

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