Sex Trafficking Facts
Sex trafficking is a growing global enterprise driven by deception, coercion and force.
Traffickers transport or detain their victims for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation.
This trade in rape for profit thrives in the absence of robust law enforcement to
ensure the protection of the law for vulnerable children and women.
The Facts
• After drug dealing, human trafficking (both sex trafficking and
trafficking for forced labour) is tied with the illegal arms industry as
the second largest criminal industry in the world today, and it is the
fastest growing. (U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services)
• Worldwide, there are nearly two million children in
the commercial sex trade. (UNICEF)
• There are an estimated 600,000 to 800,000 children, women and men
trafficked across international borders annually. (U.S. Department of State)
• Approximately 80 percent of human trafficking victims are women and
girls, and up to 50 percent are minors. (U.S. Department of State)
• The total market value of illicit human trafficking is
estimated to be in excess of $32 billion. (U.N.)
• Sex trafficking is an engine of the global AIDS epidemic.
(U.S. Department of State)
Traffickers transport or detain their victims for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation.
This trade in rape for profit thrives in the absence of robust law enforcement to
ensure the protection of the law for vulnerable children and women.
The Facts
• After drug dealing, human trafficking (both sex trafficking and
trafficking for forced labour) is tied with the illegal arms industry as
the second largest criminal industry in the world today, and it is the
fastest growing. (U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services)
• Worldwide, there are nearly two million children in
the commercial sex trade. (UNICEF)
• There are an estimated 600,000 to 800,000 children, women and men
trafficked across international borders annually. (U.S. Department of State)
• Approximately 80 percent of human trafficking victims are women and
girls, and up to 50 percent are minors. (U.S. Department of State)
• The total market value of illicit human trafficking is
estimated to be in excess of $32 billion. (U.N.)
• Sex trafficking is an engine of the global AIDS epidemic.
(U.S. Department of State)
