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Here is a compilation of human trafficking information and data.
Human Trafficking Facts
Sex trafficking is a $99 billion a year criminal business.
Sex trafficking is the fastest growing, 2nd most profitable, and by 2024 is projected to be the #1 criminal enterprise in the world, surpassing guns and drugs!
Sex trafficking makes more money than Google, Nike, Starbucks, the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB combined!
The U.S. is the top destination country for human trafficking victims.
Every 26 seconds, a child is sold into human trafficking.
Every minute, a victim is exploited (beaten, raped, tortured, or sold).
Within 48 hours, approx. 40% of runaways will end up as human trafficking victims.
The average age entering the sex trade is 12, but the most common is 13.
Her estimated life span has gone from 7 years to 4 years.
She will die from physical abuse, drug abuse, drug overdose, AIDS, STDs, or suicide!
A girl will start out servicing 30 to 50 men per day.
At that pace, they are engaging in 9,360 to 15,600 forced sexual encounters a year, if they’re working just 6 days per week.
It is common to see 4-year-old little girls in Asian brothels performing oral sex on grown men!
It can also include learning disabilities, feeling misunderstood, need to feel loved, looking for a romantic relationship, and gang involvement.
It has been reported that as many as 2.8 million kids are living on the streets on any given night of the year in the U.S.! An opportunity for traffickers?
Human Trafficking Facts!
Approximately 80% of human trafficking is for sex.
There are more human slaves in the world today than ever before in history.
It is estimated 40 million adults and 18-20 million child victims of sex-trafficking worldwide.
Human trafficking not only involves sex and labor but also organ harvesting of adults, children & babies.
Human traffickers have pregnant women for their newborns to use in sex trafficking. Babies are sold on the black market, where the profit is divided by the traffickers, doctors, lawyers, border officials, and others.
Recognizing the Signs
The following is a list of potential red flags and indicators of human trafficking to help you recognize the signs.
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Investigating Missing Persons and Sex Trafficking by H.L. Caplinger, PhD.
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