Who is at risk?
Traffickers often prey on…

  • poor people and people with a lack of knowledge about human trafficking
  • 12 to 14 year olds
  • runaways, at-risk youth, and undocumented migrants
  • those hoping for a better life, lack employment opportunities, have an unstable home life, or have a history of sexual abuse


Statistics
Victims:
  • 2.4 million – number of victims at any given time
  • 27 million - Number of victims in modern-day slavery across the world.
  • 49,105 - Number of human trafficking victims around the world who have been identified.
○ 4,166 - Number of successful trafficking prosecutions in 2009.
○ 335 - Number of successful prosecutions related to forced labor.
  • 17% of victims exploited for other forced labor (slavery)
  • 80% of victims are exploited for sexual slavery
  • 1.8 per 1,000 inhabitants - Prevalence of trafficking victims in the world.
  • At least 56% - Percent of trafficking victims globally who are women.

Children:
  • 2 million – Number of children exploited by the global commercial sex trade.
  • 1.2 million – Number of children trafficked globally in 2000.
    • 80% – Percent of transnational victims who are women and girls.
    • 50% – Percent of transnational victims who are minors.


International:
  • 161 – Countries identified as affected by human trafficking:
  • 116 - Countries that have enacted legislation to prohibit all forms of [human] trafficking.
  • 104 - Countries without laws, policies, or regulations to prevent victims’ deportations.
  • 62 - Countries that have yet to convict a trafficker under laws in compliance with the Palermo Protocol.
  • 800,000 – Number of people trafficked across international borders every year, as of 2007.

Money:
  • $90 – average cost of one human slave (USD)
  • $32 billion – Total yearly profits, in U.S. dollars, generated by the human trafficking industry.
○ $15.5 billion, half of the total, is made in industrialized countries.
○ $9.7 billion, one third of the total, is made in Asia
○ $13,000 per year, on average, generated by each trafficked laborer. This comes to $1,100 per month