of age" (Hunt, Logan & Walker, 2009). "There is speculation that human trafficking is the third-largest profitable trafficking activity after drug and gun trafficking" (Hyland, 2001). Why is this crime so profitable and why has it gone unnoticed for so long? There are many sectors involved in the trafficking of human beings. One main sector is labor. We have heard many instances of "sweatshops" using children as cheap or free labor. Most of our goods are produced in other countries that may or may not use children in forced labor shops. Sometimes these shops are exposed and the company that employs them condemned, but more often it is unknown. Though children have been trafficked to work in labor sectors, the demand for children in recent years has been for sexual exploitation. Jo Goodey, author of the article Human Trafficking: sketchy data and policy responses stated: "At the same time as more attention appears to be paid to labor exploitation as part of trafficking, the focus of sex trafficking appears to be turning more towards sexual exploitation of children." This attention reflects increased concerns to address and tackle the crime of pedophilia that has emerged in recent years, and would also seem to reflect a real concern about the under-documented area of child trafficking for sexual abuse.
             Some vulnerabilities make an individual susceptible to human trafficking. Children are particularly vulnerable to human trafficking as they do not have the means to defend themselves against their adult attackers; they are often transported to unknown locations, with no means of communication or transportation. Poverty is a prime vulnera
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