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To report the sexual exploitation of a child, call the toll-free National Human Trafficking Hotline: 1-888-373-7888
Texas Abuse/Neglect Hotline:
1-800-252-5400
Available 24/7 and confidential.
Yes. According to a 2016 University of Texas study, an estimated 79,000 minors and youth are victims of commercial exploitation through sex trafficking in Texas each year. The epidemic is statewide and touches all socio-economic levels and communities.
When statistics show that the majority of women in prostitution were forced, coerced, or lured before the age of 18, it’s difficult to ever want to make the assumption that a woman chose the life for herself. Instead, it is safer to assume that women are trafficked into prostitution.