"According to the FBI, more than 100,000 children are sold for sex in the U.S. each year. In a two-part series, Youth Radio takes a look at the problem of child prostitution in the U.S."
https://www.npr.org/2010/12/06/131757019/youth-radio-trafficked-teen-girls-describe-life-in-the-game
"Each year, tens of thousands of American children are sexually exploited. Every night, the FBI believes hundreds are sold into sex.
According to a new report from the BBC, the bureau rescued 600 children last year. But the FBI says the amount of child sexual abuse in the U.S. has reached an “epidemic” level.
Perhaps not surprising, poverty and neglect are deemed two of the biggest factors that contribute to sex trafficking."
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/fbi-rescued-600-kids-sexual-abuse-last-year-calls-level-trafficking-epidemic