Exploited: Begging Children

If you love to travel then you are aware of the children and adults begging in the streets of popular foreign destinations. Today Alexis and I discuss a little boy who’s disappearance led to a human trafficking ring in Mexico but the problem is all over the world. Listen below to learn what you can do to help.

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  Dylan and his mom after being reunited.

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  The two older children that Dylan’s abductor paid to lead him away.

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  The woman known as Margarita with the children who led Dylan away.

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  Some of the children begging in Segeal Image source: https://www.humanium.org/en/child-begging-in-senegal-a-breach-of-fundamental-rights/

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  Image Source: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130155756

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  Image source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVxvr8cXp_E

Source Links:

Anti-slavery International: https://www.antislavery.org/

WE: https://www.freetheslaves.net/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/search-for-child-leads-mexican-police-to-23-abducted-kids/2020/07/21/99f923d2-cbb4-11ea-99b0-8426e26d203b_story.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8628793/Boy-2-reunited-mom-43-days-infertile-woman-paid-two-children-kidnap-him.html

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/missing-year-found-southern-mexico-returned-mom-72374396

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-international-news-latin-america-caribbean-forced-labor-3674ec5590b80f51154519f08f6a2296

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/dateline/senegalese-children-forced-to-beg-by-their-religious-schools

https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/09/giving-money-to-child-beggars-dont-do-it.html

Click to access beggingforchange09.pdf