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An estimated 27 million people are held in slavery worldwide, meaning there are more slaves in the world than were taken from Africa during 300 years of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

After drug trafficking, human trafficking is tied with the illegal arms trade as the second largest criminal industry in the world, and it is the fastest growing. (hhs)

Approximately 800,000 to 900,000 victims annually trafficked across international borders worldwide. (Dept of State)

The average price of individual slaves is less than a new cell phone or about $90. (nfs)

Every 10 minutes, one person is trafficked into the U.S. Around the World, a victim is exploited every minute.

Each year, more than 1 million children are exploited in the global commercial sex trade.

Approximately 80 percent are women and girls and up to 50 percent are minors. (Dept of State)

The majority of transnational victims are trafficked into commercial sexual exploitation. (Dept. of State)

Between 18,000 and 20,000 victims trafficked into United States annually. Many who work with this issue believe this number is considerably higher.

In the United States alone, it is estimated that there are 200,000 slaves.

More than half of victims trafficked into United States are thought to be children; victims are probably about equally women and men. (hhs)

Victims can be trafficked into the U.S. from anywhere in the world. Victims have come from Africa, Asia, India, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Russia, and Canada and many other locations. (hhs)

13 is the average age of entry into pornography and prostitution in the USA. (FBI)

100,000 to 300,000 children in America are at risk for sex trafficking each year.

As many as 2.8 million children live on the streets, a third of whom are lured into prostitution within 48 hours of leaving home.

After drug dealing, human trafficking is tied with the illegal arms trade as the second largest criminal industry in the world, and it is the fastest growing. (hhs)