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Originally Posted by jane032657

It is our business because child trafficking and the selling of children is a world wide problem, and just like other human right travesties and abuses, it is important to speak up, step up and act to champion the safety of the children, wherever they are.

As the former Country Director of Save the Children Canada, I traveled to the World Forum on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Youth in Yokohama Japan where 133 countries told their stories and showed pictures of children as young as a few weeks being sexually abused and sold for slavery, marriage (rape), and internet. Prior to this conference, I attended the North American pre-conference on this same topic at the University of Pennsylvania where high level officials from Mexico, the United States and Canada discussed the cross border trafficking of our own children.

I am proud that our country is taking a stand and assisting in finding these kidnapped innocent children. I think we all learned from the Holocaust that such things should never happen again.

Excellent post and entirely true. Thank you.