Statistics

• An estimated 27 million people are held in slavery worldwide, meaning there are more slaves in the world than were taken from Africa during 300 years of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
  
• More slaves alive now than at any other time in history.
  
• After drug trafficking, human trafficking is tied with the illegal arms trade as the second largest criminal industry in the world, and it is the fastest growing. (hhs)
  
• Approximately 800,000 to 900,000 victims annually trafficked across international borders worldwide. (Dept of State)
  
• The average price of individual slaves is less than a new cell phone or about $90. (nfs)
  
• By 2010, Human Trafficking will be the # 1 crime worldwide. (Dept of State)
  
• Every 10 minutes, one person is trafficked into the U.S. Around the World, a victim is exploited every minute.
  
• Each year, more than 1 million children are exploited in the global commercial sex trade.
  
• Approximately 80 percent are women and girls and up to 50 percent are minors. (Dept of State)
  
• The majority of transnational victims are trafficked into commercial sexual exploitation. (Dept. of State)
  
• Between 18,000 and 20,000 victims trafficked into United States annually. Many who work with this issue believe this number is considerably higher.
  
• In the United States alone, it is estimated that there are 200,000 slaves.
  
• More than half of victims trafficked into United States are thought to be children; victims are probably about equally women and men. (hhs)
  
• Victims can be trafficked into the U.S. from anywhere in the world. Victims have come from Africa, Asia, India,
• Eastern Europe, Latin America, Russia, and Canada and many other locations. (hhs)
  
• 13 is the average age of entry into pornography and prostitution in the USA. (FBI)
  
• 100,000 to 300,000 children in America are at risk for sex trafficking each year.
  
• As many as 2.8 million children live on the streets, a third of whom are lured into prostitution within 48 hours of leaving home.
  
• After drug dealing, human trafficking is tied with the illegal arms trade as the second largest criminal industry in the world, and it is the fastest growing.