Recently Dr. Phil aired an episode entitled "Behind the Lens: Child Pornography". There were horrific tales of mental, physical, and sexual abuse against children of all ages. Children were tortured, sold, beat, raped, starved, videotaped and completely robbed of any innocence and normality in their young life. The worst part of every situation? The images/videos/sales of all these children were grabbed up at an ASTONISHING rate. Thousands upon thousands of people logged on to these websites regularly to illegally view this disturbing footage.
The show also tackled the act of 'grooming'; which has been mentioned on a few posts before, and what I think is a GIANT step in eradicating these heartbreaking stories. These monsters pose as caring, gentle, kind influences in a child's life in order to earn their trust...when really they have only one goal...and that is complete manipulation and control. When they work their way into a child's heart; there is no telling the damage that can be done.
Below are a few links (including links to Dr. Phil's website) that were highlighted on the show. There are a number of organizations doing what Be Free is doing and we all need to stand strong together to eradicate these horrendous crimes against humanity.
http://www.notonemorechild.org/ 'Not One More Child' was founded by Elizabeth Smart and Alicia Kozakiewicz both victims of abduction. Both women are working tirelessly to educate the public on Internet Safety, rescue and rehabilitation for victims of tragedies like their own.
http://protect.org/component/content/article/1576 Protect.org is an amazing resource to get all information regarding laws, bills, and amendments pertaining to Sex Trafficking, Child Sex Trafficking, Child Pornography and many more. There are sections stating what YOU specifically can do where you live, or around the world. Whether it be writing a letter, or showing support for a petition or grant.
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