This document discusses child exploitation, which is a type of sexual abuse where children under 18 are exploited for money, power, or status. Children may be manipulated into believing they are in a loving relationship with someone much older who gives them drugs, alcohol, gifts in exchange for sexual acts. Child exploitation can also occur online through persuasion or coercion to send sexual images or videos or engage in sexual acts on camera. The document provides statistics on child exploitation in the UK and discusses how abusers maintain control over victims through manipulation, blackmail, and isolating them from protective relationships. It advises children on how to stay safe and seek help if they feel unsafe or pressured.

1. ChildExploitation
By: Alice and Polina

2. What is child exploitation?
Child Exploitation is a type of sexual
abuse where children are exploited for
money, power or status. Children under
the age of 18 may be tricked into
believing that they're in a loving,
consensual relationship with someone
that could be several years older than
them. They may be invited to parties,
given drugs, cigarettes and alcohol as a
result of them performing or receiving
sexual activities as well as being exposed
to large risks on the internet…...

3. …..Child exploitation is a hidden crime.
Young people often trust their abuser and
don't understand that they're being abused.
They may depend on their abuser and are
often too scared to tell anyone what is
happening. It can involve violent, humiliating
and degrading sexual assaults. Young
people are persuaded or forced into
exchanging sexual activity for money, drugs,
gifts, affection or status. Child sexual
exploitation doesn't always involve physical
and can happen online.

4. Over 2,400 children were victims of
sexual exploitation in gangs and groups
from August 2010 to October 2011

5. Over 230
children
were
trafficked for
sexual
exploitation
last year

6. 1 in 5
indecent
images of
children
shared
Online were
taken by the

7. At least
70,000
online
images of
child abuse
were shared
in the UK in
2012

8. Around 50,000
people in the UK
downloaded or shared
online images of child
abuse in 2012

9. The most
common
reasons for
children to be
trafficked are
sexual
exploitatio
n and
criminal
exploitatio

10. Child exploitation online
•When sexual exploitation happens online, young
people may be persuaded, or forced, to:
•Send or post images of themselves
•Take part in sexual activities via a web cam or
smart phone
•Have sexual conversations by text or online.
•Abusers may threaten to send images, video or
copies of conversations to the young person's
friends and family unless they take part in other
sexual activity.

11. People who sexually exploit children are
often described as highly manipulative
individuals. They exert power over young
people through physical violence, emotional
blackmail or financial pressure, for example
holding them in debt. To maintain control or
to distance children and young people from
those who may be able to protect them,
such as family and friends, abusers create
or exploit weaknesses.

12. How can you
stay safe?

13. Trust yourself to know
when something is
wrong. If someone
makes you feel unsafe,
pressured or frightened, follow
your instincts and seek help

14. Don’t trust people you
don’t know, even if they
seem friendly – and
make sure you know
who you are talking to online.
Never give away personal
details or agree to meet
someone who you have only
talked to online.

15. Don’t be tricked into
doing things that are
unsafe, even if they
seem like fun. What
might look exciting at
first could be more dangerous
than you realize.

16. Follow us on twitter @exploitation999
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