Did You Know This

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Did you know that Human Trafficking is another form of...



Did you know that human trafficking is the recruitment, transportation, harboring, or receipt of people for the purposes of slavery, forced labor (including bonded labor or debt bondage) and servitude?

Did you know that the Council of Europe states that "people trafficking have reached epidemic proportions over the past decade, with a global annual market of about $42.5 billion?"

Did you know that the total annual revenue for trafficking in persons is estimated to be between $5 billion and $9 billion?

Did you know that more than half of victims trafficked into United States are children?

Did you know that approximately 27 million people held in slavery worldwide?


Did you know that human trafficking is a modern day form of slavery?

Did you know that human trafficking is a serious problem in the United States and throughout the world?

Did you know that each year, an estimated 600,000-800,000 men, women, and children are trafficked against their will across international borders, and 14,500-17,500 of whom are trafficked into the United States?

Did you know that approximately 80 percent of trafficking victims are female, and 70 percent of those female victims are trafficked for the commercial sex industry?

Did you know that Trafficking victims typically are recruited using coercion, deception, fraud, the abuse of power, or outright abduction? Threats, violence, and economic leverage such as debt bondage can often make victim consent to exploitation?

Did you know that the highest areas of human trafficking are areas, like Russia, Eastern Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, and Colombia?

Did you know that a majority of trafficking is done by networks of smaller groups that each specialize in a certain area, like recruitment, transportation, advertising, or retail?

Did you know that Human trafficing is very profitable because little startup capital is needed, and prosecution is relatively rare?

Did you know that the anti-trafficking organization found that less than half of people in slavery in the United States, 46% are forced into prostitution? Domestic servitude claims 27%, agriculture 10%, and other occupations? 17%

Did you know that 2.5 million people across the world are estimated to be victims of human trafficking?


Did you know that 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?

Did you know that Human trafficking can be more profitable than drug trafficking. Narcotics, you sell once, a girl, you can sell 500 times?"

Did you know that Russia has trafficked many women have overseas for the purpose of sexual exploitation; Russian women are in prostitution in over 50 countries?

Did you know since 2001, the Bush Administration has provided more than $295 million to support anti-trafficking programs in more than 120 countries?

Did you know that the present rate of trafficking in children is already 10 times higher than the trans-Atlantic slave trade at its peak?

Did you know there is a victim of trafficking in the world every sixty seconds?

Did you know that human trafficking will surpass drug dealing and arms trading?

Did you know that every 10 minutes, a woman or child is trafficked into the United States?

Did you know that Nearly every country is involved in the web of trafficking activities?

Did you know that Sexual exploitation is the predominate form of trafficking?

Did you know that 80% of the victims are female?

Did you know that their is a website http://www.humantrafficking.org/ that helps fight against Human trafficking?

No comments:

Post a Comment

Thank for following