Experts say tackling human trafficking starts with raising awareness. That’s why San Diego County leaders are launching a campaign to educate youth and…
“When we have really large tourist events, we actually see a rise in our human trafficking and our sexual exploitation,” Dr. Kimberly Giardina, director for San Diego County's Child and Family Well-Being department with the Health and Human Services Agency, said.“It is basically prostituting children, and so there are pimps who will sell girls and boys, not just girls to perform sexual acts with adult men,” Giardina said.
San Diego County DA Summer Stephan said protection for our youth starts with education and empowerment. “We know that knowledge is power, and we know that if we don’t educate our kids and our parents and our communities, the traffickers and predators surely will. They will do it for their own selfish nature, for their own greed, in order to line their pockets,” Stephan said.
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