Human Trafficking FAST FACTS
1. Human trafficking is a rapidly growing and under-reported problem affecting both inner cities, rural communities, and affluent suburbs.
2. Human Trafficking is the 2nd largest and fastest growing criminal activity in the world. (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2008) |
3. The United Nations estimates the total market value of human trafficking at $32+ billion-a-year.
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2008) 4. 80% of victims are women and 50% are children. (Trafficking in Persons Report 2007 U.S. Department of State) 5. A prostituted child is forced to serve between 100 to 1500 clients per year. (Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, 2007) |  |
6. The FBI has named Toledo a top recruitment city for child sex trafficking victims for the last several years.
7. Among the millions trafficked each year hundreds of thousands are teenage girls, and others as young as 5, who fall victim to the sex trade. (Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, 2007)
8. Child pornography is a multi-billion dollar industry and among the fastest growing criminal segments on the Internet. (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) 9. Traffickers set up shop where laws are the weakest, and currently Ohio has NO laws preventing human trafficking. 10. The average age of entry into prostitution in U.S. is 13 years old. (Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, 2007) |
