Sold No More

Combating Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking

Of Women & Children

In Pima County

520-917-6828

PO Box 6888

Oro Valley, AZ 85737

Table of Contents

1 – Background ...... 2

2 – Executive Summary ...... 2

3 – The Need ...... 5

4 – What God Has Enabled Us to Accomplish Our First Two Years ...... 12

5 – Our Current Program ...... 16

6 – Our Facility Plan ...... 19

7 – Staffing ...... 23

8 – Funding ...... 24

9 – Our Board of Directors ...... 26

10 – How We Will Measure Success ...... 28

11 – Strengths & Weaknesses – Opportunities & Threats ...... 30

References ...... 32

1 – BACKGROUND

Sold No More is an Arizona nonprofit corporation, designated by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) organization able to receive tax deductible donations. Sold No More began in July 2010 as Streetlight Tucson, a program of the Crisis Pregnancy Centers of Tucson (CPC). On January 1, 2013 the Streetlight Tucson program of the CPC disbanded and its mission assumed by Sold No More.

2 – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Our Mission

The mission of Sold No More reflects that of Jesus, who said that he came to proclaim the Truth, to heal the broken-hearted, and to free the oppressed. Sold No More is a Christ-centered ministry dedicated to proclaiming Truth that sets people free and being a visible manifestation of God’s love and justice.

Sold No More serves as a catalyst for engaging people (1) in doing justice—championing human rights—combating exploitation, abuse, persecution, and human trafficking, and (2) in demonstrating love to victims of such injustice:

Through prevention and education programs designed to raise awareness and minimize the number of victims,
Through support of laws and law enforcement activities that protect victims and bring perpetrators to justice,
Through ministering to the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual need of victims,
Through partnering/networking with other like-minded organizations and agencies.

The abuse of women and children in the U.S., in Arizona, and in Pima County is increasing dramatically, including the horrific nightmare of sex trafficking. Over 100,000 children in the U.S. are being used as sex slaves. By the time they reach the age of eighteen, one in four girls and one in six boys will have been sexually abused. By the time they graduate, one in four college coeds will have experienced rape or attempted rape. This is an epidemic.

Our Impact

When Streetlight Tucson began in the summer of 2010, there were no organizations or law enforcement agencies in Pima County focused on sex trafficking. There had never been a single sex trafficking case filed or prosecuted. No perpetrators had ever been arrested. Teenage girls, however, were being arrested and charged with prostitution—which according to federal and Arizona law is sex trafficking. Sex trafficking in Pima County was hidden from sight, off the radar of the public and law enforcement.

Until the regional conferences and training events organized and sponsored by Streetlight in 2012, there had never been any such awareness or training events in Pima County. Until Streetlight Tucson’s twelve media interviews over the past two years, there had never been a local media report on sex trafficking. Until Streetlight Tucson formed the Southern Arizona Human Trafficking Task Force, there was no cooperative effort among law enforcement agencies to combat sex trafficking. A dozen agencies are now working together. 2012 saw the first rescue of a minor being prostituted on the streets of Tucson followed by the first arrest and conviction of a pimp for prostituting a minor. In 2013 we played a critical role in rescuing a teenage girl from sex trafficking in Tucson and placing her in a treatment home.

God has enabled us to accomplish much, but we are at a critical stage. We have given fifty awareness presentations to some 7,300 people. We produced and purchased awareness and prevention curriculum and trained presenters, but we have only begun to penetrate the schools, churches, youth organizations and parent organizations with prevention materials and classes. This will become a major focus in 2013, as prevention is absolutely essential in reducing the number of victims of sexual exploitation and abuse.

We have been given $100,000 to open a home for victims of sexual exploitation and have investigated several possibilities. But we have yet to finalize a location, raise the necessary funds and begin the licensing process. That will be a priority for 2013 - 2014.

Our End Goals

Sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking will no longer be tolerated in our communities and our children will be free from living in fear of such abuse, as a result of public outcry and unified action from public and private organizations and agencies.
Sexual exploitation will be dramatically reduced as a result of public awareness.

Victims/survivors of sexual exploitation will find the safety and protection they need to stabilize, heal and become all God intended them to be.
Having earned a high school degree or GED, and/or beginning college.
Reintegrated back into society without being re-abused, re-exploited, re-trafficked or voluntarily engaging in prostitution.
Increasing numbers of young adults will become champions of justice and mercy, trained in doing justice and in providing healing for victims of abuse & exploitation.

3 – THE NEED

God’s Heart

The need for Sold No More does not begin with statistics on sexual exploitation or with heart-breaking stories of children being abused. It begins in the heart of God.

We are Christ’s body on earth—Jesus, the one who loves women and children. At the same time, Jesus is the captive held as a sex slave. Jesus said that he was the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the sick, the imprisoned, and the enslaved. Ministering to them, we are ministering to him. Neglecting them, we are neglecting him.[1]

In the words of Mother Teresa, “Jesus is the Prostitute–to remove from danger and befriend.”[2]

The Sex Trafficking of Children in the U.S. & Pima County

The National Center for missing and Exploited Children estimates that more than 100,000 children are involved in sex trafficking in the U.S.[3]
Between 1.6 and 2.8 million youth run away in a year in the U.S., half of whom are girls. A third of the girls are approached by traffickers within 48 hours of leaving home. Over 80% of girls involved in sex trafficking were runaways.[4]
The average age of entry into sex slavery in the U.S. is 13 years of age.[5]
Over 2,000 children runaway each year in Pima County. In 2002 and 2003, Tucson ranked 2nd in the nation in the arrests of runaways.[6]
Six to ten minor girls are arrested for prostitution each year in Tucson. Under both U.S. federal and Arizona state law, these are cases of sex trafficking.[7]
On the internet you can hire a teenager for sex in Tucson. Local law enforcement officers working with Internet Crimes Against Children report that finding adult men who agree to pay for sex with a minor is like “shooting fish in a barrel.”
There are no accurate statistics on sex trafficking in Pima County because those crimes have been labeled as other crimes. However:
In 2011 a 6’8”, 300lb. “pimp” was arrested in Pinal County for sex trafficking and beating a 15-year-old Tucson runaway girl

In 2012 a 21-year-old Mexican national being sex trafficked in Pima County was picked up by Pima County Sheriff detectives. The pimp was arrested but charges of sex trafficking were dropped when the victim returned to Mexico.
In 2012 a 16-year-old girl living in a youth shelter went to a party where her adult “boyfriend” sold her to eight other men who raped her.
In 2012 a male pimp pled guilty to child prostitution involving a 16-year-old Marana girl he trained and put on south 6th Avenue to solicit customers.
In 2013 a 17-year-old girl was found in a hotel being prostituted along with other adult women who came to Tucson for the Gem & Mineral Show.
In 2013 a 16-year-old girl was rescued from sex trafficking and placed into the custody of Sold No More for treatment—instead of receiving a felony conviction.
In 2013 a 13-year-old girl was seduced via Facebook by an adult male posing as a teen, but rescued by her mother and police just before being prostituted.
In 2013 a group of teenage girls were rescued by police just before being shipped out of Tucson in a U-Haul.
Five women have come forward with testimonies of having been sex trafficked in Tucson or Pima County when they were minors. One began being sold at home at the age of ten by a mother who was a heroin addict. Three began being pimped out when they were twelve or thirteen.

Since the Streetlight Tucson sponsored awareness conference at the UA in January of 2012, we have received an average of one call a month regarding possible sex trafficking cases. Calls have come from juvenile detention officers, youth group homes, parents, law enforcement officers, church youth group workers, and homeless shelters.

Sexual Abuse & Exploitation of Women & Children

Every 2 minutes someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted.
1 in 6 U.S. women, 17.7 million, have been the victim of attempted or completed rape.[8]
44% of sexual assault and rape victims are under age 18. 15% are under age 12.[9]
1 in 4 college women report surviving rape (15%) or attempted rape (12%) since their fourteenth birthday.[10]
30% of rape survivors contemplate suicide afterwards.
82% of rape survivors say the rape permanently changed them.
41% of college women who are raped were virgins.
84% of men who committed rape said that what they did was definitely not rape.
1 in 5 college women report having been raped at some point during their life.[11]
A survey of high school students found that 1 in 5 had experienced forced sex (rape). Half of these girls told no one about the incident.[12]
During the last 10 years only 30% of rape survivors reported the incident to the police.[13]
Of those rapes reported to the police, only 16% result in prison sentences.
Only 5-6% of rapists spend even 1 day in jail.

Victims of sexual assault are:[14]
3 times more likely to suffer from depression.
6 times more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.
13 times more likely to abuse alcohol.
26 times more likely to abuse drugs.
4 times more likely to contemplate suicide.
According to the Pima County Attorney, “Pima County has one of the highest crime rates in the nation . . . exceeding Maricopa County.” That includes sexual assault crimes.

Sexual Exploitation Through Pornography

Child pornography is illegal sexual abuse and exploitation.

The number of Internet child pornography images has increased 1,500% since 1988. Approximately 20% of all Internet pornography involves children.[15]
345% increase in child pornography sites between 2/2001-7/2001.[16]
20 new children appear on porn sites every month, many kidnapped or sold into sex.[17]
65% of the johns [buyers] that go on the Internet are more responsive if the ads have age descriptors like “young” or “barely legal” attached to them.[18]
There are more than 100,000 websites offering child pornography.[19]
Child pornography has become a $3 billion annual industry.[20]

“More babies and toddlers are appearing on the net and the abuse is getting worse.

It is more torturous and sadistic than it was before. . . . The typical age of children is between six and 12, but the profile is getting younger. . . . Demand for pornographic images of babies and toddlers on the Internet is soaring.” (Prof. Max Taylor, “Combating Pedophile Information Networks in Europe,” March 2003).

1One in three children are accessing a “tsunami” of explicit pornographic images on the internet by the age of 10.[21]
Four in five teenagers regularly look up unsuitable photographs or film on their computers or mobile phones. (Ibid.)

Average age of first Internet exposure to pornography is 10.

80% of 15-17 year olds have had multiple hard-core exposures
90% of 8-16 year olds have viewed porn online
26 children's character names (Pokemon, Action Man, Mario) are linked to thousands of porn links.[22]

20% of 10-17 years olds receive unwanted sexual solicitations online.[23]
In a study of 600 males and females of junior high school age and above, researcher Dr. Jennings Bryant found that:
91% of the males and 82% of the females admitted to having been exposed to X-rated, hark-core pornography.
Over 66% of the males and 40% of the females reported wanting to "try out" some of the sexual behaviors they had witnessed.
Among high school students, 31% of males and 18% of females admitted to actually doing some of the prurient things they had seen in the pornography within a few days of exposure.[24]

Pornography fuels sexual abuse, exploitation, and trafficking[25]

According to a 2012 research article in The Journal of Human Rights and Civil Society, stories and images of young women or girls forced in sex slavery, “understandably provoke widespread public sympathy. Typically, however, the reports and discussions do not include an inquiry into what is fueling the demand for prostitution and, thus, for women trafficked into prostitution (sex trafficking).

“Once this inquiry is undertaken, the multifaceted relationship between pornography, prostitution, and sex trafficking becomes clear. It has been said that prostitution and pornography are ‘symbiotically related’ to sex trafficking and that the latter ‘would not exist without the former.’”[26]

Of those arrested in the U.S. for possession of child pornography during 2000 - 2001:
83% had images of children 6 to 12,
39% had images of children 3 to 5,
19% had images of infants and toddlers under age three.[27]

Psychologist Victor Cline: "In over 26 years, I have treated approximately 350 males afflicted with sexual addictions. In about 94% of the cases I have found that pornography was a contributor, facilitator or direct causal agent in the acquiring of these sexual illnesses.”[28]

Dr. Mary Anne Layden of the University of Pennsylvania: “I have been treating sexual violence victims and perpetrators for 13 years. I have not treated a single case of sexual violence that did not involve pornography.”[29]

In November 2012, a Phoenix man was indicted for trafficking a 16-year-old to produce pornography.
In April 2010 a Chandler man pled guilty to using social networking sites to lure young girls into forced pornography.
In 2013 a Phoenix man will go on trial on 130 felony counts including child prostitution and producing child pornography.[30]

Journal of Human Rights and Civil Society: “There are a number of links between pornography and sex trafficking and curbing pornography can reduce sex trafficking. . . . Those who use pornography have also been shown to be more likely to engage in illegal behavior as well.”[31]

Women and girls are lured into false modeling jobs, only to be drugged and then raped while being filmed for commercial pornography.[32]
The traffickers of one 16-year-old girl, “beat, whipped, flogged, suffocated, choked, electrocuted, caned, skewered, drowned, mutilated, hung and caged her to coerce her to become a sex slave.” Some victims are forced to have sex with animals, mutilated and killed for snuff films (Ibid.)
Psychologists and psychiatrists describe the “fourth phase” of sexual addiction as “an increasing tendency to act out sexually, behaviors viewed in the pornography (Ibid, 10).
“[Pornography] stimulates the viewer to act out on other live women and girls and boys the specific acts that are sexualized and consumed in the pornography. Social science evidence, converging with testimonial evidence of real people, has long shown the latter” (Ibid. 12-13).

What Others Are Doing in Arizona

Human trafficking has become a major concern at the federal level and in Phoenix. Increased awareness of sex trafficking of minors in Arizona resulted in the passage of House Bill 2699 in 2010, making it a Class 2 felony to engage in prostitution with a minor under the age of 15. Phoenix has an active human trafficking task force headed up by the US Attorney’s Office. The Phoenix Police Department’s Vice Unit is nationally recognized for combating child sex trafficking, as is the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. Arizona State University’s Social Services Department and College of Law are actively involved in combating human trafficking, as are several key community organizations.

In 2011 Streetlight USA in Phoenix opened their first home for victims of domestic minor sex trafficking. Although they have six homes that can accommodate up to 48 girls, they have only utilized one home girls, due partly to the problem of girls constantly running away from the home located within the city. In 2012 the Dream Center’s Rescue Project opened four rooms for victims of minor sex trafficking.

There are four residential treatment facilities in Pima County for victims of sexual abuse:

Sierra Tucson. Multidisciplinary teams utilize a bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach for treating multiple disorders, including trauma and sexual abuse.
Cottonwood de Tucson. Places spirituality at the core of experientially based treatment for females ages 13-18, including those suffering from trauma and sexual abuse
Estrella Vista Ranch. A supportive and intimate therapeutic treatment community for girls ages 14-18, including those suffering from trauma and sexual abuse.

Why This Is Not Enough

For some reason, the community-wide commitment to fighting sex trafficking in the Phoenix metropolitan area has not filtered down to Tucson and Pima County. As mentioned, until Streetlight Tucson began in 2010, there were virtually no organized efforts to combat sex trafficking in Pima County. No law enforcement agency in Pima County has a Vice Unit.

Not one law enforcement officer in any law enforcement agency in Pima County—federal, state, county or local—is specifically assigned to human/sex trafficking.
Less than 1% of youth in schools, churches or youth groups have been given sex trafficking or child pornography prevention training.
There is not one therapeutic program or residential facility in Pima County specificallyfor victims of sex trafficking.

What are needed are protective shelters where victims can stabilize, heal, and rebuild their lives. Having few choices, law enforcement agencies process sex trafficking victims as criminals.