To: Lino... who wrote (8634 ) 2/27/2006 5:45:38 PM From: Ichy Smith Read Replies (1) | Respond to Excuse Me scottmurray.com ECPAT is concerned in protecting the rights of all children, boys and girls. In fact the number of boys actually sold into prostitution is very small when compared to the huge trade in girls. They are usually not packaged as a commodity in the same way. They may have more control over who they go with, and they often seek clients themselves, but they face very limited options when it comes to earning money to survive. By selling sex, they are forced to expose themselves to violence and disease. womensenews.org Although human trafficking can often be a voluntary process, in which people willingly pay smugglers to move them across international borders, much of the trade also involves people being purchased or kidnapped and then sold and moved to another location, for forced labor. When the labor they are forced into is prostitution, modeling for pornography, marriage as mail-order "brides," or other sex-related work, they are considered sex slaves. The vast majority of those forced into sex work are women and underage girls, although some men and underage boys are also victimized. usnews.com Ownership. Cindy (not her real name) is 14, with dyed blond hair and an $800 trap. Her pimp was Michael Thomas, FBI officials say, whose street name was "1-8," a reference to time in an Oklahoma City gang. He had tattooed on his girls' bodies the letters POE, for "Pimpin' One Eight." He would buy girls from other pimps, for as little as $50, give them names like Orgasm, and send them out to truck stops, charging $60 for oral sex, $80 for intercourse, and $100 for both. When Cindy told Thomas she wanted to leave his "stable," he had another girl stab her in her arms and hands, according to the FBI.
