Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking Worldwide

The International Labour Organization and the United Nations estimate that there about 40.3 million victims of human trafficking.

Human trafficking and forced labor is a $150 billion industry worldwide.

WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING?

• 75% are women and girls.
• 25% are children.
• 95% of victims experience physical or sexual violence while trafficked.
• 43% of trafficking victims are used for sex slavery.
• 98% of victims of sexual slavery are women and girls.

• Human trafficking affects every continent and every type of economy.
• 161 countries are reported to be either source, transition, or destination countries for human trafficking.
• 95% of victims experience physical or sexual violence during trafficking.

• Girls aged 12 and under are highly valued by traffickers because they're more impressionable and easier to train.
• Many of these girls lack family support and are not educated.
• Many have histories of physical and sexual abuse.
• Traffickers know that younger girls struggle less and are more open to their new family unit, especially those who come from broken families.
• For many clients around the world, virginity is highly valued and cost more.
• Victims are often forced through physical violence to engage in sex acts.
• Such force includes rape, imprisonment, starvation, torture, threats, and psychological abuse.
• Using false identification, the trafficker can make his victim older if it helps with the authorities.

"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness..."

- Eleanor Roosevelt