Slavery Is a 21st Century Problem
Education leads to Prevention
Present Day Slavery
Stats
-1.2 Million children are trafficked each year
-75% of underage sex trafficking victims said they had been advertised or sold online.
-325,000 children are at risk for becoming victims of sexual exploitation in the United States.
-The average age of entry into the sex trade in America is 12 – 14 years old.
-A pimp can make $150,000-$200,000 per child each year and exploits an average of 4-6 girls.
-One in six endangered runaways reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2013 were likely sex trafficking victims.
-Of the DMST survivors that participated in Thorn’s 2013 national survey:
63% were sold via the Internet at some point during their trafficking situation.
62% had access to a cell phone while they were being trafficked.
42% had access to the Internet while they were being trafficked.
Not All Trafficked Victims Are Kidnapped
Bring Back Our Girls
Works Cited
"Child Trafficking." Gale Student Resources in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2013. Student Resources in Context. Web. 12 Jan. 2016
"Child Trafficking by Region, 2000." International Adoptions. Ed. Margaret Haerens. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2011. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 12 Jan. 2016.
Romo, Rafael. "Human Trafficking Survior: I Was Raped 43,200 times." CNN. N.p., 10 Nov. 2015. Web. 19 Jan. 2016.
Wearethorn.org. N.p., n.d. Web.
Zissou, Rebecca. "21st Century Slaves." Grolier. N.p., 30 Mar. 2015. Web. 19 Jan. 2016.