Here are some stats that I came across on International Justice Mission's Web site. IJM is a Christian human rights organization based out of Washington, D.C. that works through the law to bring an end to social injustice. They do a lot of work in Southeast Asia to rescue victims of sex trafficking and place them in aftercare programs. If you have a chance, go to their Web site to read some of the powerful testimonies of lives they've helped to restore. www.ijm.org.
"Sex trafficking is a massive global enterprise based upon force, coercion
and deception. Traffickers transport or detain their victims for the
purpose of exploitation and profit through acts of sexual violence. This
trade in rape for profit victimizes thousands of women and children
every year." - IJM
THE FACTS
• Human trafficking is the world’s third largest criminal
enterprise, after drugs and weapons. (U.S. Department of State)
• Worldwide, there are nearly two million children in the
commercial sex trade. (UNICEF)
• There are an estimated 600,000 to 800,000 children, women
and men trafficked across international borders annually.
(U.S. Department of State)
• Approximately 80 percent of human trafficking victims are women
and girls, and up to 50 percent are minors. (U.S. Department of State)
• The total market value of illicit human trafficking is estimated to
be in excess of $32 billion. (U.N.)
• Sex trafficking is an engine of the global AIDS epidemic.
(U.S. Department of State)
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