A recent ILO study finds an estimated $28 billion is made from trafficking for sexual exploitation every year.

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Danziger says stories about human trafficking usually focus on women and girls used for sexual exploitation.

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Clinton called the trafficking of persons for forced labor,sexual exploitation and other illicit purposes "modern-day" slavery that spans the globe and affects every country including the United States.

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Det Sgt Jane Fidler, who heads the Sheffield Sexual Exploitation team, denied the problem was confined to any one community.

BBC: More police officers in South Yorkshire to tackle sex abuse

Three-quarters of England's local safeguarding and child protection boards were not recording information on child sexual exploitation, the report said.

BBC: 'Thousands of children' sexually exploited by gangs

In 2008, New York was the first state to establish a Safe Harbor Law to decriminalize underage victims of sexual exploitation.

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