Human Trafficking Statistics:




1. Number of victims at any given time ... 27 million worldwide and 2.4 million in the USA.
2. Percentage of victims exploited for sexual slavery ...80 percent.
3. Number of victims exploited as forced labor (slaves) ...17 percent.
4. Ratio of female to male slaves (including children)...Two of three.
5. Annual value of human trafficking in dollars ...$32 billion.
6. Odds of rescue ...one chance in one hundred.
Most victims of human trafficking unknowingly enter the market after being lured by promises of work and opportunities by predatory individuals and organizations. Others are children that are literally sold into slavery by parents as a means to pay debt or to reduce the number of children they must feed. A minority of the victims are bound as slaves after entering agreements to be smuggled across borders or as a means of covering personal debts under threat of violence.
Human trafficking goes on in industrialized countries and can be found right on Main Street, USA. For example, hundreds of American children, many fleeing destructive homes, are forced into prostitution on an annual basis. That's the conservative estimate.
Florida has been identified as a hub for human trafficking activity, citing one of the highest incidences of human trafficking in the country. This crime affects all types of individuals, both foreign and domestic.

I wanted to write about human trafficking because this is something that sickens me- but just now, I heard a GOP threaten to impeach Obama because his gun control initiatives. I think that sickens me even more!