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It\u2019s NOT just Epstein. Filmmaker and activist tells Levin just how deep the world\u2019s human trafficking problem really is<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
Nate Madden<\/a> \u00b7 August 12, 2019 Font Size A<\/a>A<\/a>A<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Sex trafficking, especially of children, is a diabolical scourge that still affects the modern world, but the depth and scope of this evil are worse than you probably imagine, South African filmmaker and anti-trafficking activist Jaco Booyens told LevinTV host Mark Levin<\/a> on Sunday night\u2019s episode of Life, Liberty & Levin on Fox News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Booyens recalled how his sister became a victim of sex trafficking when they were growing up in South Africa, which made the issue very personal for him. \u201cI didn\u2019t jump on a bandwagon by reading a book or a movement that I felt led to,\u201d the filmmaker explained. \u201cIt was dire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Booyens\u2019 sister \u2014 now Ilonka Deaton<\/a> \u2014 was trafficked through corporate South Africa over the course of six years, he explained. He added that while his sister eventually came home, \u201cIt was a long, very painful journey that seldom has that outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat is the typical outcome?\u201d Levin asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDeath. The average lifespan of a child that\u2019s trafficked is seven years. Because with it comes addiction, physical abuse, emotional abuse; suicide rate is through the ceiling, because how do you get out?\u201d Booyens explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shockingly, the United States leads the world with the lowest average age of trafficking victims: 12, Booyens says. He also says notes that an child trafficking victim in the United States will bring a pimp $200,000 to $250,000 per year tax-free: \u201cNow you have a real problem \u2014 a real problem. Because now, like I say, the demons come out. Because there\u2019s so many takers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And those takers come from all walks of life. While Booyens said that he\u2019s glad that the high-profile arrest of billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein put attention on the issue of sex trafficking, he has a big problem with the what he sees as a widespread assumption that supporting the sex slave market is only a problem among the ultra-wealthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAre the wealthy involved in this? Yes,\u201d Booyens says. \u201cSo is the middle class, so is the lower class.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The episode was recorded prior to reports of Epstein\u2019s death in federal custody over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis thing is so sick, Mark, you could almost order a child as you order pizza \u2014 you like cheese, I like pepperoni, etc., etc.,\u201d Booyens concluded. \u201cThe audience may be shocked, but this is a fact.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Booyens\u2019 2014 film, 8 Days<\/a>, was inspired by real-life events and tells those stories through the narrative of a teenage girl who is forced into the sex trade and eventually returns home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFriends of mine in town, in L.A., literally said, \u2018You\u2019re out of your mind. Make a documentary, just have a talking head, throw out statistics. Don\u2019t re-enact some of these things,’\u201d the filmmaker\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0of the project back in 2014. \u201cI said, \u2018We have to. We have to give the crime a face.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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