The following links give more information on the trafficking of human beings:

TRAFFICKING STATISTICS

*Human trafficking is the world’s second largest criminal enterprise, after drugs and weapons.

• 1 *Worldwide, there are over one million children entering the commercial sex trade every year and approximately .
• 30 million children have lost their
childhood through sexual exploitationover the past 30 years.
• There are an estimated 600,000 to 800,000 children, women and men trafficked across international borders annually.
• An estimated 14,500 to 17,500 women and children are trafficked into the USA each year.
• Approximately 80% of human trafficking victims are women and girls, and up to 50% are minors.
• *The total market value of illicit human trafficking is estimated to be in excess of $32 billion.
• *An average serial child molester may have as many as 400 victims in his lifetime.

Sources:

1 — US Department of State

2 — UNICEF

3 — United Nations

 

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