This article will give you the details of human trafficking statistics
We always hear about human trafficking. Yet, somehow, it seems we’ve gone calloused and look at it as something so detached from our reality.
However, somewhere out there, real people are suffering and are going through this exact situation.
These people are forced to perform labor or sexual acts against their own will and are forcibly or worse taken with consent. But the bottom line is that these people lose their human rights.
Here are some human trafficking statistics that you might want to know, this will give you an idea on how wide scale the problem is and how many people are actually suffering because of this.
As of 2007, 27 million people are currently serving as slaves in today’s modern world. You would think that slavery has completely been extinguished, unfortunately the data proves otherwise.
There is smuggling of people happening each year, worldwide, and it has now reached 800,000 victims.
They comprise 80% of the total number of people being trafficked.
161 countries out of 192 (according to the United Nations) are involved with human trafficking.
An estimated 30% of these victims will have a chance to encounter health care professionals during their bondage and no one will be able to tell or know that they are victims of such.
In Romania alone, 30, 000 women are declared missing presumed to be victims of human trafficking, according to the International Police.
Children comprise half or fifty percent (50%) of human trafficking target. And they become victims as early as 12 to 14 years old and they are most likely to get exposed to sexual exploitation.
It is estimated that since human trafficking is an organized crime, its revenue runs to approximately 32 billion each year. It is in the industrialized countries that the biggest chunk of slaves or labor servants come from, at around 15.5 million victims..
Individuals under the age 18, make up half of the total number of humans being trafficked.
The face of human trafficking is revealed through the statistics sated above, though they are but few. But these numbers grow by the day. It will definitely bring joy if these numbers decrease, but they don’t.
These are just some of the human trafficking statistics available today. Each year and in fact, every day, these numbers grow. It would make us feel better if they were slowly decreasing, but unfortunately, they instead increase.
Poverty or economic problems is the root cause of human trafficking; thus, it is not that simple to put an end to this problem. However, our passivity means more and more women, men and children will become targets and will ultimately be curtailed of their freedom to live a normal life. Everyone of us should take part in fighting this cruel industry and stop the effects of human trafficking.
You can learn more about sex trafficking in the US
Article by Mike Bradley, he has an online bookstore specializing in church supplies