Human trafficking is the illegal enterprise of obtaining, holding, and selling of persons in “compelled services”, against their will by force, fraud or coercion, for the purpose of financial gain and/or, but not limited to, personal gain. Here are a few statistics for your consideration:
According to the ILO, there are more than 50 million enslaved today.
According to NCMEC, 1 out of 6 runaways end up in human trafficking within 72 hours.
In TN, we have 600-900 runaways a month, in our state alone.
Human trafficking is a $150 billion-dollar-a-year industry.
75% of females and 25% of males are affected.
Human trafficking is a crime that cuts across every gender, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomics.
The average age of entry into the sex industry in the United States is 13 years old, and internationally it is 9 years old.
The main recruitment method is manipulation via technology and social media.
At any given time, more than 750,000 sexual predators are trolling the internet for our children.
Poverty is the main vulnerability that proliferates human trafficking globally.
