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DOJ triggers outrage after scrubbing website's child sex trafficking info
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Jul 19, 2023, 1:19:07 PM7/19/23
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trafficking-info-from-website/
The Justice Department has quietly pared the amount of information
available on its anti-child sex trafficking page, causing outrage among
survivors and advocates.
Approximately two-thirds of the text on the webpage was cut over recent
weeks, including sections on “International Sex Trafficking of Minors,”
“Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors” and “Child Victims of Prostitution.”
Snapshots taken from the WayBackMachine archive indicate that the changes
were made sometime between April 21 and May 28.
The DOJ says the adjustments were driven by efforts to keep its website
updated in accordance with its 2023 National Strategy for Child
Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction.
“In the course of the Department publishing the most recent National
Strategy, related content on various Department webpages was updated,” the
DOJ told The Post.
“Just as it has during previous administrations, the Department continues
to place a very high priority on and devote substantial resources to
fighting child exploitation and child sex trafficking, both domestically
and internationally. To suggest otherwise is simply false.”
But advocates were unconvinced.
Victor Marx, a survivor of child sexual abuse and head of All Things
Possible Ministries, argued there are questions about the website
alterations that need answering.
“It’s heartening to see a commitment to addressing this grave issue, both
domestically and internationally,” he said in response to the 2023
national strategy. “However, the recent changes to the Department’s
website, particularly the removal of specific sections related to child
sex trafficking, have raised valid concerns.”
“The message we’re sending to our children and the criminals, and the
women at large that are concerned is the administration doesn’t care,”
Marx told The Post.
“I think they’re trying to lower their culpability and responsibility,” he
added. “They’re having to lower and lessen their footprint and their
position on this because believe me, it’s horrible and stories are going
to start to come out.”
He noted that the website changes coincide with the release of “Sound of
Freedom,” a new movie on child sex trafficking.
Marx also underscored the importance of having resources such as the DOJ
website to provide information for victims and witnesses.
“It’s key from prevention all the way to arrest and prosecution on both
sides,” he stressed. “Clear, accessible, and comprehensive information
available to the public is key to raising awareness and fostering
cooperation in combating these heinous crimes.”
Jaco Booyens, whose sister was trafficked for seven years in South Africa
and leads his own organization to fight exploitation in the US and near
the southern border, argued the change wasn’t surprising.
“I was not shocked at all,” he told The Post. “The reason it happened, the
way it happened has a lot to do with the border. It has a lot to do with
the timing that there’s a general awareness on human trafficking.”
Booyens further contended that the changes to the site illustrate how the
DOJ is deprioritizing the issue, despite the department’s denials.
“We know the effect of trafficking across the border of women and
children. And so to deprioritize it … it’s absolutely moving in the wrong
direction,” he said.
“It’s nefarious. This is not a political issue. It should never be a
political issue. This is an issue of human dignity and human life. And
it’s a humanitarian issue.”
Two notable portions of the website that got scrubbed referenced cross-
border transportation of children and child exploitation that stems from
prostitution.
“One form of sex trafficking involves the cross border transportation of
children. In these situations, traffickers recruit and transfer children
across international borders in order to sexually exploit them in another
country,” the original website said.
“Pimps and traffickers sexually exploit children through street
prostitution, and in adult night clubs, illegal brothels, sex parties,
motel rooms, hotel rooms, and other locations throughout the United
States,” the original website said of prostitution.
The website adjustments drew attention from members of Congress.
“DOJ’s blatant move to distance Joe Biden’s harmful policies from the
global crime of sex trafficking should be no surprise to any of us who
have seen the blatant sexualization and abuse of children this
Administration is comfortable with promoting,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-
Fla.) wrote in a press release.
A handful of Republicans have also been scrutinizing the Biden
administration over reports that it lost track of 85,000 migrant children
over the past two years.
Between 600,000 and 800,000 individuals are believed to be trafficked
through international borders annually, roughly half of whom are children,
the State Department estimates.
https://nypost.com/wp-
content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NYPICHPDPICT000014246121.jpg?resize=1024,6
83&quality=75&strip=all
Reliable statistics on child sex trafficking are difficult to find because
it is an underreported crime.
DOJ officials insist the department is working diligently to combat the
prevalence of child exploitation and stressed that its team of experts
have been trying to bolster the national strategy.
“The 2023 National Strategy and supporting subject matter expert working
group reports, including the Child Sex Trafficking in the United States,
Livestreaming and Virtual Child Sex Trafficking, and Extraterritorial
Child Sexual Abuse reports reflect the most up-to-date information about
child exploitation including domestic minor sex trafficking, virtual child
sex trafficking, and extraterritorial and transnational child sexual
exploitation,” a rep told The Post.
--
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stupid people won't be offended.
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Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
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fiasco, President Trump.
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The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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The Justice Department has quietly pared the amount of information
available on its anti-child sex trafficking page, causing outrage among
survivors and advocates.
Approximately two-thirds of the text on the webpage was cut over recent
weeks, including sections on “International Sex Trafficking of Minors,”
“Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors” and “Child Victims of Prostitution.”
Snapshots taken from the WayBackMachine archive indicate that the changes
were made sometime between April 21 and May 28.
The DOJ says the adjustments were driven by efforts to keep its website
updated in accordance with its 2023 National Strategy for Child
Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction.
“In the course of the Department publishing the most recent National
Strategy, related content on various Department webpages was updated,” the
DOJ told The Post.
“Just as it has during previous administrations, the Department continues
to place a very high priority on and devote substantial resources to
fighting child exploitation and child sex trafficking, both domestically
and internationally. To suggest otherwise is simply false.”
But advocates were unconvinced.
Victor Marx, a survivor of child sexual abuse and head of All Things
Possible Ministries, argued there are questions about the website
alterations that need answering.
“It’s heartening to see a commitment to addressing this grave issue, both
domestically and internationally,” he said in response to the 2023
national strategy. “However, the recent changes to the Department’s
website, particularly the removal of specific sections related to child
sex trafficking, have raised valid concerns.”
“The message we’re sending to our children and the criminals, and the
women at large that are concerned is the administration doesn’t care,”
Marx told The Post.
“I think they’re trying to lower their culpability and responsibility,” he
added. “They’re having to lower and lessen their footprint and their
position on this because believe me, it’s horrible and stories are going
to start to come out.”
He noted that the website changes coincide with the release of “Sound of
Freedom,” a new movie on child sex trafficking.
Marx also underscored the importance of having resources such as the DOJ
website to provide information for victims and witnesses.
“It’s key from prevention all the way to arrest and prosecution on both
sides,” he stressed. “Clear, accessible, and comprehensive information
available to the public is key to raising awareness and fostering
cooperation in combating these heinous crimes.”
Jaco Booyens, whose sister was trafficked for seven years in South Africa
and leads his own organization to fight exploitation in the US and near
the southern border, argued the change wasn’t surprising.
“I was not shocked at all,” he told The Post. “The reason it happened, the
way it happened has a lot to do with the border. It has a lot to do with
the timing that there’s a general awareness on human trafficking.”
Booyens further contended that the changes to the site illustrate how the
DOJ is deprioritizing the issue, despite the department’s denials.
“We know the effect of trafficking across the border of women and
children. And so to deprioritize it … it’s absolutely moving in the wrong
direction,” he said.
“It’s nefarious. This is not a political issue. It should never be a
political issue. This is an issue of human dignity and human life. And
it’s a humanitarian issue.”
Two notable portions of the website that got scrubbed referenced cross-
border transportation of children and child exploitation that stems from
prostitution.
“One form of sex trafficking involves the cross border transportation of
children. In these situations, traffickers recruit and transfer children
across international borders in order to sexually exploit them in another
country,” the original website said.
“Pimps and traffickers sexually exploit children through street
prostitution, and in adult night clubs, illegal brothels, sex parties,
motel rooms, hotel rooms, and other locations throughout the United
States,” the original website said of prostitution.
The website adjustments drew attention from members of Congress.
“DOJ’s blatant move to distance Joe Biden’s harmful policies from the
global crime of sex trafficking should be no surprise to any of us who
have seen the blatant sexualization and abuse of children this
Administration is comfortable with promoting,” Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-
Fla.) wrote in a press release.
A handful of Republicans have also been scrutinizing the Biden
administration over reports that it lost track of 85,000 migrant children
over the past two years.
Between 600,000 and 800,000 individuals are believed to be trafficked
through international borders annually, roughly half of whom are children,
the State Department estimates.
https://nypost.com/wp-
content/uploads/sites/2/2023/07/NYPICHPDPICT000014246121.jpg?resize=1024,6
83&quality=75&strip=all
Reliable statistics on child sex trafficking are difficult to find because
it is an underreported crime.
DOJ officials insist the department is working diligently to combat the
prevalence of child exploitation and stressed that its team of experts
have been trying to bolster the national strategy.
“The 2023 National Strategy and supporting subject matter expert working
group reports, including the Child Sex Trafficking in the United States,
Livestreaming and Virtual Child Sex Trafficking, and Extraterritorial
Child Sexual Abuse reports reflect the most up-to-date information about
child exploitation including domestic minor sex trafficking, virtual child
sex trafficking, and extraterritorial and transnational child sexual
exploitation,” a rep told The Post.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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