Growing child sex trafficking problem in Arizona

The case last November when a 15 year old was sold as a sex slave and put in a cage is symptomatic of a growing problem of child prostitution and child sex trafficking in the US state of Arizona, according to a conference on the subject this week.
“Child prostitution has become and is growing epidemic in the state of Arizona and the city of Phoenix,” said Chief Jack Harris of the Phoenix Police Department. “There have been over 35 child prostitutes. These are girls ranging from the age of 13 to 17 years of age.”
Local NGOs are finding that around 80% of the prostitutes in the main city of Phoenix began work as children and they are encountering girls as young as 11 who are being sexually abused for commercial gain. To read more about this and related issues, please visit azfamily.com by clicking here.