Here are just some basic stats:
- The market value of sex trafficking today is estimated to be around $32 billion.
- There is approximately 27 million slaves in the world today.
- 80% of the 27 million slaves are women, and over 50% of the 27 million are children under 18.
- Traffickers target economic distressed regions because of the low risk of being caught.
- Target age group: 8-16.
- SEX TRAFFICKING OCCURS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
Foreign Countries:
- In Phnom Penh, the largest city in Cambodia, wherever there is a RED light, there is a brothel.
- Of all the girls who are rescued from sex trafficking in Cambodia, 80% end back up in prostitution.
- In some countries, like Guatemala, children make up 80% of the prostitution population.
- In Thailand, 60-70% of child prostitutes are HIV positive.
