Human trafficking is modern-day slavery and involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. Every year, millions of men, women, and children are trafficked in countries around the world, including the United States. It is estimated that human trafficking generates many billions of dollars of profit per year, second only to drug trafficking as the most profitable form of transnational crime. We exist to bring this crime of slavery and coercion to the forefront in hopes to end modern-day slavery everywhere, for good. We are One Voice of Many Making A Difference in the Fight Against Human Trafficking.
WHO WE
ARE
Human Trafficking is a $150 Billion Industry. It is the second most profitable illegal activity in the world, only second to illegal drug trafficking. There are 21 (+) million victims worldwide. In the U.S. there are between 14,500 to 17,500 people that are trafficked each year. The average age a teen enters the sex trade in the U.S. is 12 to 14-year-old. Many victims are runaway girls who were sexually abused as children. Adult women make up the largest group of sex trafficking victims, followed by girl children, although a small percentage of men and boys are trafficked into the sex industry as well.
KNOW THE
FACTS
Some sex trafficking is highly visible, such as street prostitution. But many trafficking victims remain unseen, operating out of unmarked brothels in unsuspecting—and sometimes suburban—neighborhoods. Sex traffickers may also operate out of a variety of public and private locations, such as massage parlors, spas and strip clubs. Women and girls are ensnared in sex trafficking in a variety of ways. Some are lured with offers of legitimate and legal work as shop assistants or waitresses. Others are promised marriage, educational opportunities, and a better life. Still, others are sold into trafficking by boyfriends, friends, neighbors or even parents. Many of the biggest trafficking consumers are developed nations, and men from all sectors of society support the trafficking industry. There is no one profile that encapsulates the “typical” client. Rather, men who purchase trafficked women are both rich and poor, Eastern and Western. Many are married and have children,
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
IS SLAVERY.
Human trafficking is modern-day slavery and involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act.
Every year, millions of men, women, and children are trafficked in countries around the world, including the United States. It is estimated that human trafficking generates many billions of dollars of profit per year, second only to drug trafficking as the most profitable form of transnational crime.
Traffickers use force, fraud, or coercion to lure their victims and force them into labor or commercial sexual exploitation. They look for people who are susceptible for a variety of reasons, including psychological or emotional vulnerability, economic hardship, lack of a social safety net, natural disasters, or political instability. The trauma caused by the traffickers can be so great that many may not identify themselves as victims or ask for help, even in highly public settings.
National Human Trafficking Hotline
(888) 373-7888
There are millions of victims
of slavery today.
More than ever before
in human history.
IT'S
HAPPENING
WORLD
WIDE.
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The International Labour Organization estimates that there are 40.3 million victims of human trafficking globally:
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81% of them are trapped in forced labor.
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25% of them are children.
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75% are women and girls.
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The International Labor Organization estimates that forced labor and human trafficking is a $150 billion industry worldwide.
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The U.S. Department of Labor has identified 139 goods from 75 countries made by forced and child labor.
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In 2016, an estimated 1 out of 6 endangered runaways reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children were likely child sex trafficking victims.
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Of those, 86% were in the care of social services or foster care when they ran.
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There is no official estimate of the total number of human trafficking victims in the U.S. Polaris estimates that the total number of victims nationally reaches into the hundreds of thousands when estimates of both adults and minors and sex trafficking and labor trafficking are aggregated.