How Traffickers Prey on America’s Youth: Jaco Booyens

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This is the full version of Jan Jekielek’s interview with Jaco Booyens. The interview was released on Epoch TV on July 24, 2025.

“A quarter to a half of the exploitation that’s happening to our own nation’s youth ... it’s a caregiver doing it—it’s a familial figure,” Jaco Booyens says.

He is the founder of Jaco Booyens Ministries (JBM), an anti-human trafficking organization working to protect American children from predatory exploitation.

“We’re talking about a $52 billion industry of buying and selling predominantly women and children inside this country—American citizens. The discussion about an immigrant child or an immigrant in the country is a completely separate conversation,” he says.

Booyens says laws against human trafficking are not being sufficiently enforced. Why are cases continuing to increase, while prosecutions decrease? And how is pornography a “gateway drug” into the trafficking industry?

CHAPTER TITLES
0:00:00 Introduction and Scope of Human Trafficking in the US
0:04:09 The Scale and Demographics of Exploitation
0:08:46 Vulnerabilities and Predatory Tactics
0:11:46 The Link Between Pornography and Trafficking
0:17:53 Jaco Booyens’ Personal Story
0:21:07 Predators’ Methods and Victim Profiles
0:23:56 Defining Human Trafficking: From Individual Abuse to Organized Crime
0:31:27 Legal Challenges and Prosecution Failures
0:35:00 Proposal for Specialized Human Trafficking Courts
0:43:10 The Impact of Prosecution on Victims and Society
0:45:27 Addressing Concerns About Bureaucracy and Implementation
0:50:59 The Role of NGOs and Technology in Supporting Courts
0:55:13 Financial Incentives and Survivor Healing
0:57:44 Legislative Path and Timeline for Court Implementation
0:59:30 Public Will and Final Thoughts