Prosecutions for Sex Trafficking of Children under Trump administration
Prosecutions for sex trafficking of children are down 26.7 percent over the past fiscal year, according to the latest available data from the Justice Department.
According to the case-by-case records analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) at Syracuse University, this is the second year in a row such prosecutions have fallen, a reversal of the growth trend during the Obama years.
Compared to five years ago, the estimate of FY 2019 prosecutions of this type is down 32.2 percent.
These comparisons are based on case-by-case information TRAC has obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from the Justice Department's Executive Office for United States Attorneys.
The anti-trafficking organization Polaris estimates that upwards of hundreds of thousands of victims are trafficked each year in the United States. The Polaris data indicates that family and friends are the most often used point of access to help for potential victims.
- Prosecution of Sex Trafficking of Children is Down Nationwide: https://trac.syr.edu/tracreports/crim/565/
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