Medellín, Colombia: Young Girls Auctioned Off as Prostitutes

Posted on September 11, 2013 • Filed under: Colombia, Crime, Human Smuggling

On September 9, 2013 El Colombiano Noticias reported that in Medellín Colombia, sex traffickers have been distributing catalogs in which underage girls are “auctioned off” either to sex tourists or as prostitutes for criminal organizations. The victims are advertised as virgins between 12 and 14 years old, and come from both poor and wealthy neighborhoods. Oftentimes once potential victims are identified, the traffickers coerce the families’ into consent by using a combination of threat and bribing. Read Article

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