HUMAN TRAFFICKING:

President Obama Declared “January To Be National Slavery And Human Trafficking Prevention Month."

—USA Today

DEFINITION: “Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation of others.” For sex, domestic or farm labor.

—PolarisProject.org

According to the United Nations:

• Someone becomes a victim every 30 seconds. 

• Human Trafficking is the second largest and fastest growing criminal industry in the world (after drug trade).

• Human Trafficking is modern slavery. Todays: 

› It is approximated that 27 million people are currently enslaved worldwide (80% are females).

› Over half of the victims are children around the age of 13 (Every 2 minuted a child is being prepared for sexual exploitation).

› 85% of them are being traded for sex exploitation (The average victim is raped up to 30 times a day).

• The U.S is one of the top nations involved in human trafficking.

• In the U.S, it is estimated that around two hundred thousand minors are forced into sex trafficking every years (the average age of entry into prostitution is 13 y/o).

"Trafficking networks operate both domestically and trans-nationally, and although abuses disproportionally affect women and girls, the victims of this ongoing global tragedy are men, women and children of all ages."

—President Obama

• Today, there are more slave than there have ever been in the history of humanity.

–"A million it's just a statistic until you meet the one"

Video Recommended: “ Be Her Freedom” by The A21 Campaign.