The Facts· Human trafficking generates $9.5 billion yearly
in the US alone. · The average age of entry into prostitution in the US is 13-14 years old. · Fewer that 100 beds are available in the US for underage victims. · 1 in 3 teens on the street will be lured into prostitution within 48 hours of leaving home. · A pimp can make $150,000-$200,000 per child each year and the average pimp has 4-6 girls. · About 80% of trafficking involves sexual exploitation and 19% involves labor exploitation. The other 1% involves forced organ trading and child soldiers. · The average victim is forced to have sex up to 20-48 times a day. · The average cost of a slave around the world is $90. · There are approximately 20-30 million slaves in the world today, which is more than any other time in history. · Human trafficking is the third largest international crime industry. It generates a profit of $32 billion every year. Of that number, $15.5 billion is made in industrialized countries. · 55% (11.4 million) of forced labor victims are female while 45% (9.5 million) are male. • 99% of victims are not rescued. • Human trafficking is now a leading source of profits for organized crime, together with drugs and weapons, generating an estimated 9.5 billion dollars per year. • The CIA calculates that profits from one trafficked woman averages around $250,000 per year. • Children are abducted from rural areas and trafficked into a range of exploitive practices which include bonded labor, sexual exploitation, marriage, illicit adoptions, and begging. • Children are recruited and trafficked to earn money by begging or selling goods. • For every 75,000 victims, only 1 trafficker is convicted. These statistics are provided by the following websites:
https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-human-trafficking http://thecoveringhouse.org/act/resources-2/sex-trafficking-statistics-source-documentation/ http://www.angelsjoy.org/projects-4-angels/human-trafficking.html http://www.handsacrosstheworldmn.org/resources/Human+Trafficking+Statistics.pdf http://www.unodc.org/documents/blueheart/Fact_sheet_english.pdf http://www.morethanrice.com/blog/the-facts-and-numbers-about-human-trafficking |