How You Can Help Fight Human Trafficking
By Loren Spiller
Almost 25 million victims worldwide. A $150 billion industry. Today’s second-fastest-growing crime, behind drug trafficking. These figures from the World International Labor Organization describe the silent, troubling industry of human trafficking.
According to Hope for Justice, a nonprofit organization based in Nashville, Tennessee, human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud or coercion to exploit victims for forced labor, sexual exploitation, domestic servitude, criminal activity, forced marriage or other atrocities. About 76 percent of victims are female. On average, a child is bought or sold for sex every two minutes in the U.S., and the average age of these children is 13.
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