Child sex crimes are on the rise in the United States and across the globe and I am pleased know that finally the US federal officials are doing something about it. On Monday, August 2, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, said he would rollout a national strategy to combat the exploitation of children over the Internet, in homes and on the streets. This new strategy will take steps to end child prostitution, child sex tourism, child pornography and more . The US government is also taking necessary steps to stop trafficking and has encouraged countries across the globe to do so. A few months ago, the US has put allies Thailand and Singapore as well as Vietnam on a human trafficking watch list accusing them failing to prevent women from being forced into prostitution, according to the US State Department’s 2010 annual report. Across the globe there are over 2.5 million girls and children are trafficked each year for the purpose of prostituton. About 1.2 million children every year are tr