The border crisis is fertile ground for criminal cartels to take advantage of vulnerable families and children.
Traffickers are exploiting the lax policies of the current US administration by posing as relatives of children to cross into the US. According to the NY Post, "A record 18,890 unaccompanied minors have crossed the US-Mexico border illegally in March this year compared to 9,380 the same time in 2019, along with a record-breaking 53,623 family units." Young girls are quickly sold into the sex trade and transported via private planes across the country.
About "60 percent" of Latin American children who set to cross the border alone or with smugglers "have been caught by the cartels and are being abused in child pornography or drug trafficking." - Teresa Ulloa Ziaurriz of the Coalition Against Trafficking International
How are these children tracked? Where do they end up once they cross the border?
SIGHT's Location Intelligence analysis can help
SIGHT discovered cartel activity originating hundreds of miles from the US-Mexico border and ending in Tijuana near the border.
SIGHT also discovered private plane movement used to traffic girls among major cities within the US.
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