Isolation During Pandemic Has Ramped Up Online Child Sex Trafficking: Epstein Assault Survivor

Isolation During Pandemic Has Ramped Up Online Child Sex Trafficking: Epstein Assault Survivor
Sexual assault survivor Teresa Helm in New York on Feb. 14, 2022. York Du/The Epoch Times
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One of Jeffrey Epstein’s assault survivors, Teresa Helm, in her role as an advocate for survivors of sexual assault and sex trafficking, educates people about tactics traffickers use to groom victims. She said that, having taken advantage of the pandemic, the internet has become the number one channel predators use to coerce children into the sex trade.

“It is happening more so online than anywhere, currently, and it has hugely increased since COVID,” Helm told host of American Thought Leaders Jan Jekielek in a Feb. 14 interview.
Masooma Haq began reporting for The Epoch Times from Pakistan in 2008. She currently covers a variety of topics including U.S. government, culture, and entertainment.
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