Child Sex Trafficking Team

Children are sexually exploited in Texas every day. They are forced to engage in sexual activity, often for the financial gain of their abuser.

The Child Sex Trafficking Team (CSTT) in the Office of the Governor is fighting to end this horrific crime and to help its young victims.

Our mission is to build sustainable capacity, enhance expertise, promote policies, and create new and leverage existing collaborations to:

• Protect children from sexual exploitation
• Help the public recognize signs of sexual exploitation
• Help victims recover
• Support healing
• Bring justice to those who exploit children.

Texas' Child Sex Trafficking Team has implemented a number of statewide initiatives to help bring an end to the horrendous practice of child sexual exploitation, but we still have much work to do.

Governor Greg Abbott

Please view this 3-minute animation from our Texas Christian University that describing a common form of child sexual exploitation and how we can help survivors heal. We encourage you to share this video to educate and empower others to engage effectively in the fight against child sexual exploitation.