Statistics

  •  2 children are sold for sex every minute.  Knowing this, while you sit in your chair and read this post, roughly 5 children will have been sold.  That means, while sitting in a one hour class, 120 children are sexually exploited. 2880 children are trafficked everyday.  I think it is most important to note that these are not the same 2880 children being trafficked everyday, but new children. New victims to be ripped away from families, from innocence, and from hope.

  • Human trafficking generates around $32 billion annually.  Making it the 2nd most lucrative crime in the world.

  • The majority of females and young children being trafficked are sold into the commerical sex industry.

  • Around 80% of trafficking involves sexual exploitation.

  • 1/2 of all trafficking victims are under 18 years old.

  • Approximately 30 million people are enslaved RIGHT NOW.

  • Once freed from captivity, many victims suffer from STD's and other diseases, problems with their reproductive systems, drug addiction, PTSD and other mental health problems.  Therefore, many return to drugs and/or prostitution once they are free.