top Child Trafficking has chosen to fund a bold, new approach, one that addresses the demand side of child sex trafficking by targeting buyers/predators for prosecution and conviction. While over 260 organizations are currently focused on rescuing children, until the demand side is addressed, the supply will always exist. Few people know that virtually no convictions have occurred in the U.S. in the last 10 years, thus this heinous crime grows.
SCTNow has launched a national campaign to raise money for retired elite military operatives targeting the demand side of trafficking. These Special Operative Teams gather information on child predators both in the U.S. and abroad, information that will be used to convict child sex buyers. These operatives use the skills developed in the War on Terror in this war to bring down predators. The FBI, International Justice Mission, and local law enforcement agencies have vetted this strategy and are eager to work with these operative teams once funding is secured.
The efforts of a single operative team will do more to save children than millions of dollars put toward rescuing victims. Even a handful of new convictions will become a strong deterrent to buyers heretofore undeterred. A predator pays as little as $25 for 15 minutes of sex with a child. For the same amount of money, a 4-man team of operatives can be placed on the field to stop him.
SCTNow will hold its flagship Walk this fall in New York City, with over 25 cities nationwide holding simultaneous events, rallying thousands who will raise money to fund operative teams.