Human trafficking involves recruiting, transporting, or harboring people through force or coercion for the purpose of exploitation. The document provides several examples of recent human trafficking cases in various US cities and states between 2008-2012. It notes that an estimated 27 million people worldwide and over 200,000 children in the US alone are victims of human trafficking, with the industry generating $32 billion in yearly profits.

1. Human
Trafficking
The act of recruiting, transporting, transferring or harboring a
person through force or coercion for the purpose of
exploitation.

2. October 31, 2012: 18 Men
March 1, 2010: 14-year July 17, 2012: Prostitute
charged with sex trafficking
old girl forced into sentenced in sex-trafficking
& solicitation charges in
prostitution. Columbia, case. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
South Carolina.
April 1, 2008: Former
November 22, 2012: September 19, 2012: Police
Professional Wrestler
Police arrest 16 in Officer convicted of sex-
sentenced on sex-trafficking
Prostitution sting in trafficking charges.
and forced labor charges.
Palm Beach, Florida. Memphis, Tennessee.
Atlanta, Georgia.
Is this really an issue today in the United
June 2, 2012: 8 Charged in
January 24, 2008: States?
2011: 5-year-old Shaniya Sex-Trafficking case in
Man sentenced for Brooklyn, New York.
Davis died after being
sex-trafficking and
forced into prostitution October 2, 2012: North Carolina
solicitation charges.
by mother. Fayetteville, man sentenced in sex-trafficking
Atlanta, Georgia. October 29, 2012:
North Carolina case. Richmond, Virginia.
Palatka man pleads
November 13, 2012: Two
guilty to sex trafficking
men prosecuted in sex November 21, 2012: New Jersey man
charges, Gainesville,
trafficking case, Pierce convicted of running a nationwide sex-
Florida.
County, Washington. trafficking and prostitution ring. Council
Bluffs, Iowa.

3. An estimated 27 million people in the world
are victims of human trafficking.
An estimated 244,000
children in the United
States alone are at risk
of sexual exploitation
The Facts.
$32 Billion= Yearly profits
generated by the human
1 million children are exploited by trafficking industry.
the global commercial sex trade
each year.
Average life expectancy of a child Average age of entry
prostitute: 7 years into prostitution: 12-14.

4. Who are the Victims?

5. Please watch this short video on Child Sex Trafficking:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlKBeF3Zh00&fe
ature=player_detailpage

6. Donate Money to
Organizations Increase
extending efforts Awareness of
to End Human Others!
Trafficking!
Vote for Laws that
Get Informed! Increase Penalties for
Offenders!
How Can We Help?
Call 911 if you Suspect Learn how to
or Hear of a Woman Identify Victims!
being Sex Trafficked!

7. What Will You Do?