GloballyThere are more slaves today than at any time in human history.

What is human trafficking?

GloballyThere are more slaves today than at any time in human history.  An estimated 27 million men, women, and children are living in bondage. In 2007, slave traders made more profit than Google, Nike, and Starbucks combined.

• There are over one million new people trafficked annually.
• 80% are women and 60% are children.
• Every minute two children become victims of human trafficking.
• The average life span of a child caught in the sex slave trade is two years.
• They are either beaten to death, contract HIV/AIDS, contract bacterial meningitis, or overdose on drugs forced on them.

United States

The U.S. Department of Justice estimates 100,000 to 300,000 American kids under 18 are involved in prostitution and often targeted by sexual predators annually.  According to the FBI, the average age of a child sexually exploited is 11.  The average age of entry for a girl into prostitution is 13, for a boy 12.
The U.S. cities where human trafficking is worst are: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Las Vegas, San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, Tampa, and Washington, DC.

Europe

Annually 600,000 – 800,000 men, women and children are trafficked across international borders.  Of these, 70% are women and 50% are children.  The majority of these are forced into the commercial sex trade.
Each year approximately 117,000 Ukrainians are trafficked. The majority of the victims are women and children.  Most women fall victim through phony job offers and are later forced into prostitution.  Most orphans fall victim because of the lack of protection and oversight of these children as they leave state institutions.
Russia is a major source of women trafficked globally for sexual exploitation.  It is estimated that 500,000 women from Central and Eastern Europe are involved in prostitution in Europe alone.

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is one of the world’s largest exporters of sex slaves to brothels in Japan, China, Australia, Europe, and the United States.  Human traffickers are most successful in finding young girls among destitute rural villages. One SE Asian country is estimated to have thirty thousand children that are exploited in the sex trade and as many as one-third of these are under eighteen years old.  The owner of a brothel in Southeast Asia can buy a women or child for as little as $50.

“HUMAN TRAFFICKING ONLY EXISTS BECAUSE

WE CHOOSE TO IGNORE IT”

“Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, and forgotten by everybody.  I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.”

– Mother Theresa

WHAT MUST BE DONE

To properly address this issue will require the commitment and will to engage this battle on several fronts:
1.      Awareness- Not only making people and lawmakers aware of the problem, but   warning those at risk of the dangers.
2.      Prevention- Implementing programs and tools to keep those most vulnerable from becoming victims of human trafficking.
3.      Restoration- Providing an escape and support for victims of sexual exploitation so they may find healing and purpose for their life.
4.      Advocacy- work within the system to change laws that will punish  abusers , protect victims, and promote convictions of those who exploit others.
5.      Pray- to the God of Heaven who has promised to avenge the weak of their oppressors.
Please find your place to engage in the effort to intervene in the lives of women and children who are targets of ruthless and vile criminals interested only in how to pleasure and benefit themselves.  Get involved-you will be glad you did!

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