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:
    • 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):

    • 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:

    • 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.
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