In order to address the issue of local sex trafficking, the U.S. must fill in ‘the missing piece’ of it’s anti-trafficking efforts – including a focus on preventing youth from becoming pimps, writes Washington Times reporter Youngbee Dale.  Referencing a report entitled ‘From Victims to Victimizers’ from DePaul’s College of Law, Dale examines the many reasons youth become traffickers – which range from ‘as a means of survival’ to ‘it met needs for a missing sense of power.’

To read the full article, please visit: http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/rights-so-divine/2011/sep/12/missing-piece-us-anti-human-trafficking-effort/

To read the full report by DePaul’s College of Law, please visit: http://newsroom.depaul.edu/PDF/FAMILY_LAW_CENTER_REPORT-final.pdf