Many people do not realize how big the Human Trafficking business is. I certainly did not realize until recently. I was shocked to find out that it happens right here in the USA.

Here are some numbers...

27,0000,000 slaves in the world right now

17,500 people are taken to other countries from the USA each year

600,000-900,000 victims sold every year

Human trafficking is forcing an innocent person to work hard as a labor slave or sex slave. They are tricked into a horrific lifestyle instead of living a good life like they were promised. Their lives are altered forever and usually they have no way out.

Thankfully, organizations like http://www.freetheslaves.net/ , http://www.ijm.org/ , http://www.childrenofthenight.org/ , and http://www.anitslavery.org/ are out there working hard against this market called Modern Slavery. Getting the word out about this crisis is a major part of these organizations' projects. They work all over the world to help rescue victims and get people involved in the movement against Human Trafficking.

my source for slave number stats is:

Not For Sale by David Batstone

Publish Date: February 2007