What are some statistics on Human Trafficking?
Worldwide Trafficking including children: An estimated 17,500 foreign nationals are trafficked annually in the United States alone. According to U.N. estimates, approximately 2.5 million people are being trafficked around the world at any given time, 80% of them women and children. According to UNICEF, an estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked each year. Around the world between 50-60% of the children who are recruited or forced into sexual slavery are under age 16. U.S. Citizens including children: Currently, it is estimated that at least 200,000 American children are trapped in the U.S. sex industry. INS officials recently counted 250 brothels in 26 U.S. cities staffed with trafficking victims. U.S. Clientelle: 25% of all child sex tourists around the world are U.S. citizens. $$$: Prostitutionresearch.com cites that the sex industry generates some $32billion annually. However, estimates of income generated from prostitution in one city, Las Vegas, are as high as $5billion. Hum
Worldwide Trafficking including children: An estimated 17,500 foreign nationals are trafficked annually in the United States alone. According to U.N. estimates, approximately 2.5 million people are being trafficked around the world at any given time, 80% of them women and children. According to UNICEF, an estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked each year. Around the world between 50-60% of the children who are recruited or forced into sexual slavery are under age 16. U.S. Citizens including children: Currently, it is estimated that at least 300,000 American children are trapped in the U.S. sex industry. INS officials recently counted 250 brothels in 26 U.S. cities staffed with trafficking victims. U.S. Clientelle: 25% of all child sex tourists around the world are U.S. citizens. $$$: Prostitutionresearch.com cites that the sex industry generates some $32billion annually. However, estimates of income generated from prostitution in one city, Las Vegas, are as high as $5billion. Hum
