STATISTICS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING
More people in the world are slaves today than at any other time in history
- 27 million people are enslaved globally
- 2 million more will become enslaved each year
- 300,000 children in the USA are at risk of being trafficked
- $200, 000. is made by a pimp from one sex trafficking victim
- $32 billion a year is made by traffickers
- It is the fastest growing crime worldwide
- The average age of induction into sex trafficking is 11-14 years old
- Boys are increasingly becoming victims and a pimp will get paid double for a boy
- Sex trafficking victims are often forced to service up to 40 men a day
- Every 30 seconds someone is trafficked
- Only 1% of victims are ever rescued
According to humantraffickinghotline.com these are the New Jersey statistics for 2020:
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- 615 contacts with hotline
- 146 human trafficking cases reported
- 115 cases were sex trafficking
- 18 were labor trafficking
- 8 were unspecified
- 5 were labor and sex trafficking combined
- 117 were female
- 19 were male
- 3 were gender minorities
- 78 were adults
- 51 were children
According to the International Labor Organization (ILO) and Walk Free Foundation (2017):
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- An estimated 24.9 million victims are trapped in modern-day slavery. Of these, 16 million (64%) were exploited for labor, 4.8 million (19%) were sexually exploited, and 4.1 million (17%) were exploited in state-imposed forced labor.
- Forced labor takes place in many different industries, of the 16 million trafficking victims exploited for labor
- 7.5 million (47%) forced labor victims work in construction, manufacturing, mining, or hospitality
- 3.8 million (24%) forced labor victims are domestic workers
- 1.7 million (11%) forced labor victims work in agriculture
- 71% of trafficking victims around the world are women and girls and 29% are men and boys.
- 15.4 million victims (75%) are aged 18 or older, with the number of children under the age of 18 estimated at 5.5 million (25%).
- The Asia-pacific region accounts for the largest number of forced laborers— 15.4 million (62% of the global total). Africa has 5.7 million (23%) followed by Europe and Central Asia with 2.2 million (9%). The Americas account for 1.2 million (5%) and the Arab States account for 1% of all victims.
- Human trafficking does not always involve travel to the destination of exploitation: 2.2 million (14%) of victims of forced labor moved either internally or internationally, while 3.5 million (74%) of victims of sexual exploitation were living outside their country of residence.
- Victims spend an average of 20 months in forced labor, although this varied with different forms of forced labor.
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These chilling statistics are felt by most experts to be gross under-estimations
- Average age of induction into the sex industry is 12-14 years of age (Shared Hope Int’l)
- 300,000 U.S. children are at risk of being trafficked each year (Florida DOE)
- Less than 1% of victims are ever rescued (A21 Campaign)
According to Forbes in 2020:
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- There are currently 25 million victims of human trafficking around the world.
- Annually, the business of human trafficking globally generates an estimated $150 billion in profits.