Kotrla, K. and Wommack, BA (2011). Sex trafficking of minors in the United States: Implications for policy, prevention, and research. Journal of Applied Children's Research: Informing Policy for Children at Risk: Vol. 2 (Iss. 1), article 5. Retrieved from: http://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/childrenatrisk/vol2/iss1/5/ This journal article examines the issue of sex trafficking of minors in the United States and provides the reader with the results of research that has been conducted on the topic in question. A data analysis of 115 minor sex trafficking victims was carefully examined and researched. Information surrounding these cases was collected using two specific methods. One method included reviewing press releases on human trafficking cases issued by the Department of Justice. The second method was to obtain information through online media searches. This study examines research that began on October 28, 2000 and extended through October 31, 2009. If a human trafficking case occurred in the United States where the victim was under the age of 18 and at least one criminal arrested, charged or convicted, their case would be classified in the data analysis report. This research resulted in the discovery of 115 separate incidents of human trafficking, involving at least 153 victims and 215 criminals or perpetrators, with 117 (53.4%) of them found guilty of their heinous acts. Each individual case involved between 1 and 9 trafficking victims. 90% of these victims were women aged 5 to 17, held in captivity for less than 6 months to 5 years. 25 (16.3%) of these minors were exploited through false promises and 15 (9.8%) were kidnapped. 34 (22.2%) of the victims were abused through...... middle of paper ......a chapter in the book gives the reader an overview of current anti-trafficking efforts in Japan . Human trafficking is considered a dark stain on globalization and has grown significantly to become a problem area of ​​international organized criminal activity. The Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery monitors the application of slavery laws, conventions and situations in each country. Each year, a theme was chosen by the group in order to raise public awareness of this subject. Prevention of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography was chosen as the theme in 1989, followed by the eradication of the exploitation of child labor and debt bondage in 1990, and the prevention of trafficking in persons and exploitation of the prostitution of others in 1991. The importance of this publication is to raise awareness of the issue of sex trafficking..