1. Human trafficking is the world's third largest criminal enterprise, after drugs and weapons, according to the U.S. Department of State.2. Worldwide, there are nearly two million children in the commercial sex trade, by UNICEF calculations.
3. The U.S. Department of state estimates that 600,000 to 800,000 children, women, and men are trafficked across international border annually.
4. And the U.S. Department of state also approximates 80 percent of human trafficking victims are women and girls, and up to 50 percent are minors.
5. The total market value of illicit human trafficking, as estimated by the UN, exceeds $32 billion
6. Sex trafficking has also been considered by many to be an engine of the global AIDS epidemic
These facts are all provided on the web site of the International Justice Mission.
The International Justice Mission, an organization of investigators, lawyers and social workers concerned with "victims of abuse and oppression who urgently need the protection of the law," provides facts on their website about the global crime of human trafficking. By providing a platform for the spread of knowledge, they are a source of information and are a crucial part of spreading global awareness of this crisis which is widely unknown.
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