Six dozen school buses made their way through Atlanta on Wednesday to represent the roughly 3,600 children who authorities say are sold into sex slavery every year in Georgia.
State Attorney General Chris Carr and Gov.-elect Brian Kemp were joined by other elected officials and anti-trafficking advocates to highlight a campaign called Stop Traffick that aims to raise awareness of child sex trafficking.
“We will continue to make progress on all fronts, but especially to remove the cloak of anonymity and secrecy that so often surrounds the buyers of sex and the traffickers. This is what allows this evil to flourish,” Bob Rodgers, president and CEO of Street Grace, an organization that fights child sex trafficking, said during a news conference.
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