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Fast Facts
Anyone can be trafficked People who are regardless of class, education, What gender or age when coerced or trafficked suffer from Child trafficking exploits children and often subjects lured by false promises. physical, emotional, them to violence and abuse. Modern slavery is an umbrella and sexual abuse, term encompassing various and rarely have access forms of coercion that violate international human rights to an education and labor standards (e.g., child trafficking, forced labor, or to health care. child marriage and sexual exploitation). Forms of Child Trafficking
Forced Why Migrant Human trafficking and marriage farming forced labor generate an estimated
Begging Domestic labor $150 billion Sex tourism in annual profits. Sweatshops Armed Pornography groups Where Labor trafficking occurs in many industries. Sex trafficking is facilitated in numerous ways.
The ILO LABOR SEX estimates TRAFFICKING TRAFFICKING that there are ● Restaurants ● Brothels ● Bars ● Strip Clubs 5.7 ● Hotels ● Escort and million children 10 million ● Agriculture massage services are currently living in children subjected to ● Construction ● Pimp-controlled modern slavery. ● forced marriages. Traveling sales prostitution crews Fast Facts
Human Trafficking in the U.S. Human trafficking has been reported in all 50 U.S. states, which serves as a source, destination, and transit point for the traffickers. Rates are particularly high in CA, FL, NY, OH and TX. The majority of people trafficked in the U.S. are U.S. citizens.
In the U.S., it is estimated that Detected Cases of In the U.S., engaging Human Trafficking in commercial sex in 2016 (U.S.) 1 in3 with any person young people under the age of 18 13% is solicited for sex within Other 48 hours of running away is sex trafficking. or becoming homeless. 30% Children 14% Labor Trafficking Child Labor 71% 17% 12% by Industry Child laborers are often unpaid and engage in hazardous work.
Agriculture Service Industry Manual Labor 70% 73% Adults Sex Trafficking The products we buy and In the U.S. use every day are often made 1.7 million by child laborers. children run away or are forced to leave their homes every year.