Ashton Kutcher Gives Powerful And Emotional Senate Testimony Hearing On Human Trafficking And Modern Slavery
Ashton Kutcher's organisation identifies 2,000 child victims of trafficking in six months
An organisation set up by the actor Ashton Kutcher has identified 2,000 child victims of trafficking in the past six months.
The Hollywood star gave an emotional speech to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, as he called for more to be done to tackle child abuse.
The 39-year-old co-founded Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children, which builds software to fight human trafficking, with his ex-wife Demi Moore in 2009.
In total, the tool had identified 6,000 victims of modern slavery in six months, he revealed.
The visibly emotional actor, who has two young children with actress Mila Kunis, said: “As part of my anti-trafficking work, I've met victims in Russia, I've met victims in India, I've met victims that have been trafficked from Mexico, victims from New York and New Jersey and all across our country.
"I've been on FBI raids where I've seen things that no person should ever see."
Kutcher said his team received a call from the Department of Homeland Security asking for help to find a seven-year-old girl after footage of her being abused was "spread around the dark web".
Ashton Kutcher's organisation identifies 2,000 child victims of trafficking in six months
An organisation set up by the actor Ashton Kutcher has identified 2,000 child victims of trafficking in the past six months.
The Hollywood star gave an emotional speech to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, as he called for more to be done to tackle child abuse.
The 39-year-old co-founded Thorn: Digital Defenders of Children, which builds software to fight human trafficking, with his ex-wife Demi Moore in 2009.
In total, the tool had identified 6,000 victims of modern slavery in six months, he revealed.
The visibly emotional actor, who has two young children with actress Mila Kunis, said: “As part of my anti-trafficking work, I've met victims in Russia, I've met victims in India, I've met victims that have been trafficked from Mexico, victims from New York and New Jersey and all across our country.
"I've been on FBI raids where I've seen things that no person should ever see."
Kutcher said his team received a call from the Department of Homeland Security asking for help to find a seven-year-old girl after footage of her being abused was "spread around the dark web".
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