- The United States is one of the top three destination points
for trafficked victims and California, New York, Texas and Nevada
are the top destination states within the country.
- Los Angeles is one of the top three points of entry into this
country for victims of slavery and trafficking. This trafficking
route occurs in a triangle from Los Angeles, California to Las
Vegas, Nevada, and back to Sacramento, California. The diverse
communities of these sprawling cities make it easier to hide and
move victims from place to place, making it very difficult for
law enforcement to locate potential survivors.
- Sacramento is among the top 5 cities in the United States
experiencing an epidemic of child trafficking.
- Immigration agents estimate that 10,000 women are being held
in Los Angeles' underground brothels; this does not include the
thousands of victims in domestic work, sweatshops or other
informal industries.
- Women who have been trafficked for the purpose of sexual
exploitation experience a significantly higher rate of HIV and
other STDs, tuberculosis, and permanent damage to their
reproductive systems.
- Trafficking victims normally don't get help because they
think that they or their families will be hurt by their
traffickers, or that they will be deported.
- Human trafficking has been identified as the largest
human-rights violation in the history of mankind.
- Human Trafficking is the fastest growing criminal enterprise
in the 21st century – a 9 billion dollar industry.
- Human Trafficking is the second largest criminal enterprise
in the world, after drug smuggling and arms dealing.
- Human Trafficking is often run by organized crime.
- An estimated 27 million people are enslaved around the world
this very moment.
- An estimated 13 million children are enslaved around the
world today, accounting for nearly half of trafficking victims in
the world.
- The average age of a young woman being trafficked is 12-14
years old.
- More than 2/3 of sex trafficked children suffer additional
abuse at the hands of their traffickers.
- There are anywhere between 600,000 and 800,000 victims
trafficked through international borders every year, which does
not include the millions trafficked domestically within their own
countries.
- The average cost of a slave around the world is $90.
- According to estimates, approximately 80% of trafficking
involves sexual exploitation, and 19% involves labor
exploitation.
- A relatively large percentage of women and children who have
been trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation will
become HIV positive, as they experience a tenfold risk of
contracting HIV.
- Trafficked children are significantly more likely to develop
mental health problems, abuse substances, engage in prostitution
as adults, and either commit or be victimized by violent crimes
later in life.
- According to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report,
human trafficking is a multi-dimensional threat; it deprives
people of their human rights and freedoms, it increases global
health risks, and it fuels the growth of organized crime.
Statistics and information found at:
U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services
National
Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Human
Trafficking.org
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