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.
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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