Boys are exploited in the commercial sex trade far more often than is acknowledged by anti-trafficking organizations, law enforcement and the news media. In 2016, a Department of Justice-commissioned study, found that boys make up about 36% of children caught up in the U.S. sex industry. The IndyStar and the USA TODAY Network take a deeper dive into the dark world of sex trafficking in the series, "Exploited: Inside the Dark World of Child Trafficking."
