Here are some statistics about human trafficking, statistics that require no commentary.
<>79% of trafficked people are women and children
<>Victims of trafficking are found in 106 of 193 countries
<> from 2012-14 the UN Office on Drug and Crime estimated 0ver 500 flows of trafficking from 137 different nationalities
<>Victims are compelled to act as beggars, enter into sham marriages, forced into organ removal, participate in pornography production among others
<>According to the ILO human trafficking earns $150 billion a year for the traffickers. The following is a breakdown of profits by sector
- 99 billion dollars from commercial sexual exploitation
- 34 billion dollars in construction, manufacturing, mining and utilities
- 9 billion dollars in agriculture, including forestry and fishing
- 8 billion dollars is saved annually by private households employing domestic workers under conditions of forced labor
<>22% of the victims are trafficked for sex, but commercial sexual exploitation earns 66% of the profits
<>Sexual exploitation can result in 100 to 1000% profit while an enslaved laborer in India 50%
<>Labor exploitation in the US includes many industries particularly hospitality, restaurants, nail salons, massage parlors