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World Day Against Trafficking In Persons

An Illegal World-Wide Business

Human Trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery subjecting children, women, and men to force fraud, or coercion for

the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation or forced labor. It Is the 2nd largest criminal industry in the world reaping

an estimated $150 billion a year, victimizing an estimated 25 million people around the world, 80% are victims of forced

labor and 20% are victims of sex trafficking. All 50 States in the United States have reported Human trafficking and the

U.S. is a source, destination, and transit point for trafficking victims. Anyone can be subjected regardless of class,

education, gender, or age when forcefully coerced or lured by false promises. Human Trafficking includes prostitution,

pornography, and sex tourism as well as labor for domestic service, factory or construction work, and migrant farming.