Safeguarding Communities through Partnership
WORKING TOGETHER TO END HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATION
Every afternoon across the globe, young people are being exploited and trafficked for the purposes of commercial sex. According to the Department of Justice, human trafficking is the second largest criminal enterprise in the world and is continuing to grow at an exponential rate. Traffickers are targeting potential victims from all genders, races, ethnicities, religions, and socio-economic classes.
They believe they are conversing with a friend, boyfriend, or girlfriend but they’re being conned. They are actually talking to a sex trafficker who is manipulating them so that they can be exploited for PROFIT.
FACTS
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Average age of exploitation is 12-15 years old in the U.S.
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Children as young as 3 months old have been sold in the U.S.
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Victims come from all communities across the U.S.
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Every socio-economic group, race, gender, and religion is targeted
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Every 30 seconds a child or teen is sold in slavery
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Traffickers exploit not just girls, boys and transgender youth are also victims
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Human trafficking is the 2nd largest criminal enterprise in the world
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The Department of Justice estimates revenue will surpass the drug trade and arms sales by 2020
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The number of cases increase every year in the U.S.
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A lack of education is driving the numbers higher and higher
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More than 100,000 children are exploited annually in the U.S.
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This is only an estimate the studies show the numbers could be even higher
