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Listen to “Beyond Epstein: Internet is Front Lines of Child Sex Trafficking Nightmare” on Spreaker.

The indictment of Jeffrey Epstein on child sex trafficking charges is drawing a lot of attention. It should draw attention to the fact that child sex trafficking is a booming business in the United States.

But how do predators and traffickers find children to target? How do adults find kids to abuse sexually and pay more than two billion dollars a year to do it? And what can parents do to protect their kids?

The common ingredient is the internet. While often a wonderful tool for learning and entertainment, the web can also be dangerous for kids.

In this podcast, we discuss the threats and the best preventive measures with Donna Rice Hughes of Enough is Enough.

Listen to “Behind the Headlines: The Scourge of Child Sex Trafficking” on Spreaker.

The media and political junkies are closely following the horrific allegations of child sex trafficking filed against longtime political operative and fundraiser Jeffrey Epstein.

But while partisans wait to see which famous figures might be tarred by the Epstein scandal, the horrific case is a sobering reminder that child sex trafficking is much bigger than Jeffery Epstein. In fact, American adults spend more than two billion dollars a year to sexually abuse children.

How did the problem get so big? How are the kids lured into this nightmare? How is there a demand for this? And what can parents do to protect their kids? We discuss all these questions with Angela Aufmuth of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.