The Growing Number of Human Trafficking Victims

The sad truth is that there are real people out there, people we don't know, who are actually suffering because they are victims of human trafficking.

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 figures 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.

There are 27 million people serving as slaves in today's modern world, as of 2007. Who would think that slavery still exists in this modern world, figures will prove so..

Every year, close to 800,000 individuals are smuggled into other countries and this happens worldwide.

They comprise 80% of the total number of people being trafficked.

There are 30,00 women in Romania declared to be missing who are presumed to be victims of human trafficking, as international police reported.

Fifty percent (50%) or half of what the estimated number of humans being trafficked are all children. Their average age is estimated to be around 12-14 years old and they are mostly going to go into sexual exploitation.

As an organized crime, the revenue in this industry runs to around 32 billion every year. The biggest chunk of 15.5 million coming from the slaves or forced labor servants in industrialized countries.

Individuals under the age 18, make up half of the total number of humans being trafficked.

No matter how far the problem may seem to be from our experience, the facts stated above is the sad face of human trafficking.

It may not be that simple to end this situation because poverty or economic problems is the root cause of human trafficking. But not taking any actions will definitely put more women, men and children at risk of becoming targets; thereby, putting their lives on hold.


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