After drug dealing, human trafficking is tied with the illegal arms industry as the second largest criminal industry in the world today, and it is the fastest growing (Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement)
It is estimated that 800,000 people are trafficked internationally every year (U.S. State Department)
It is estimated that 14,000-17,000 people are trafficked into the United States every year from other countries (U.S. State Department)
It is estimated that 50% of trafficking victims internationally are children (U.S. Dept. of Justice)
80% of victims are female (U.S. State Department)
13 is the average age of first being prostituted and trafficked in the commercial sex industry in the United States. (Polaris Project)
244,000-325,000 American children and youth are at risk for sexual exploitation and sex trafficking every year. (University of Pennsylvania)