Facts & Statistics On Human Trafficking: Find Out the Truth
-Worldwide there are nearly 2 million children in the commercial sex trade. In the past 30 years, over 30 million children have lost their childhood through sexual exploitation. (UNICEF)
-Up to 50% of human trafficking victims are minors. (U.S. Department of State)
-Every 30 seconds, another individual becomes a victim of human trafficking. (U.S. Department of State)
-Sex trafficking is an engine of the global AIDs epidemic. (U.S Department of State)
-Each year, over a million children are exploited in the global commerical sex trade. (U.S Department of State)
-Police arrest records show that young women can be sold to brothel owners in North America for as much as 16,000 U.S. dollars. (The Protection Project)
-Trafficking victims tend to be the poorest and most vulnerable people coming from the poorest countries. (The Protection Project)
-Industrialized countries profit the most from the sex trade, making an average annual profit of $67,200 per forced labourer in commercial sex work. (U.N. International Labour Organization)
-In an Israeli brothel, women were making an average of 4-5$ per customer, and often ended up making nothing at all due to the repayment of "debts" and "fines" imposed on them by their abusers. (UN Office on Drugs and Crime)
-In some countries, sleeping with a virgin is considered a cure for AIDs. In these places, women in the sex trade are forced to have sex with men who don't use condoms, so they usually contract AIDs. (Youth Noise)
-The average age for girls being trafficked into certain Asian brothels is 14. (Youth Noise)
-Victims of trafficking usually don't speak out for fear of retaliation, so they are usually arrested for prostitution and then deported back to their home country, with no consequences for the traffickers or brothel owners. (Youth Noise)
-One study found a mortality rate 200 times higher for women who have been involved in sex trafficking than women of similar age and race who have not. (Action Network to End Sexual Exploitation in Minnesota)
-Sex trafficking influences men's behavior towards women, including sexual agression towards women who are not trafficked. In a study of men's use of prostituted or trafficked women in Scotland, 54% of men who frequently purchased women for sex had committed sexually aggressive acts against non-prostituted/trafficked women. (Action Network to End Sexual Exploitation in Minnesota)
-It is estimated that 600,000 children are believed to be at risk for sexual exploitation in the United States. (UNICEF)
-Approximately 450,000 children run away from home each year and one out of every three teens on the street will be trafficked within 48 hours of leaving home. (UNICEF)
-There is only one shelter in the U.S that is designated to meet the needs of trafficking victims, and it currently only houses a total of seven to nine victims. (Global Fund For Women)
-The FBI estimates that there are over 100,000 minors in the United States being trafficked in the sex trade. (FBI)
-In South East Asia, for the girls who were sex-trafficked prior to age fifteen, the HIV infection rate was above 60%. (American Medical Association)
-In India there a more than 7 million prostitutes and some women make as little as 23 U.S. cents per customer. (UNICEF)
Below is a chart provided by the Salvation Army which describes in detail the risks and dangers associated with human trafficking (please click on the tables if you wish to enlarge them):
