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This is a useful source because the content is about TIP reports which means Trafficking in Persons report. It is a tool used to engage foreign governments on human trafficking. It represents an updated global look on human trafficking. It also identifies human rights. The report is used worldwide for international organizations, foreign governments, and nongovernmental organizations.

- Sixty percent of missing children who are likely trafficking victims were in foster care or group homes when they ran away. - "Law enforcement, advocacy groups, and even former traffickers themselves all say that victims are sought out and chosen based on their vulnerability," said Paulsen. - A Department of Health and Human Services report states that 1 in 3 children are lured into commercial sex trafficking within the first 48 hours of being on the street. The average age of entry for victims of sex trafficking is 13 years old. - Government reports and advocacy groups point to a strong correlation between youth homelessness and sexual exploitation. - Congressman Paulsen is a long-time advocate for combating sex trafficking and has testified in front of a Ways and Means Subcommittee about what can be done to address the issue. He also is the author of H.R. 3610, the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act, which expands safe harbor laws and ensures that minors who are trafficked are treated as victims instead of criminals. That legislation is expected to be voted on by the U.S. House of Representatives in May.

This article is about a police man that stopped a man with two 18 year old girls or younger in his car because he had a vehicle code violation. A few weeks prior, there was a similar situation. This is useful to my research because it tells about human trafficking in Albany NY. The driver gave officers false information. The girls were found to be reported as missing and possibly abducted from Las Vegas. The Richmond man was arrested for human trafficking and giving false information. The girls were handed over to Child Protective Services.

- Growing population in southeast Asia of over 600 million. - Cybercrime is increasing. - Online social media allows for new ways to facilitate people trafficking, distribution of child abuse material, and new avenues for recruiting victims. - In February 2014, Chinese authorities rescued 382 babies and arrested more than 1000 people suspected of buying and selling young children online. - Although ASEAN signed the Declaration Against Trafficking in Persons, Particularly Women and Children, no significant progress on implementing the Declaration has been made. - In particular, this is because East Asian countries are a major source for long-distance, trans regional trafficking. In the most recent UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons, East Asia and the Pacific account for nearly 40 per cent of detected child victims. Also, victims from this region are the most geographically dispersed - found in more than 60 countries.