HUMAN TRAFFICKING

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

• On 1865, Abraham Lincoln signed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery in the United States. Almost 150 years have passed, yet slavery in the United States still exists.

—Help prevent slavery and human trafficking / News-Press.com

According To The United Nations (U.N):

•› Someone becomes a victim every 30 seconds.

› Over half of the victims are children around the age of 13.

› 8 out of 10 are females being traded for sex exploitation

› The average victim is raped up to 30 times a day.

• “The trafficking of human beings is tied with arms dealing as the second largest criminal industry in the world and the fastest growing” (after drug trade).

—United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees/ unhcr.org

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

—PolarisProject.org 

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