Radio Story on Child Sex Trafficking Gives Voice to Victims

Oakland, CA is considered by the FBI to be a hot spot for child prostitution. Today NPR’s All Things Considered and independent producer Youth Radio aired the first of a two part series about child sex trafficking in the area. The series is especially notable because it tells the stories of victims of trafficking – something the mainstream media has largely failed to do. In news reports the children involved are often represented largely by numbers and statistics, and referred to as “underage prostitutes” rather than victims of sexual abuse.