DAZ3D & Stock Background Human Trafficking Facts Globally, the average cost of a slave is $90.[1] Trafficking primarily involves exploitation which comes in many forms, including: forcing victims into prostitution, subjecting victims to slavery or involuntary servitude and compelling victims to commit sex acts for the purpose of creating pornography.[2] According to some estimates, approximately 80% of trafficking involves sexual exploitation, and 19% involves labor exploitation.[3] There are approximately 20 to 30 million slaves in the world today.[4] According to the U.S. State Department, 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders every year, of which 80% are female and half are children.[5] The average age a teen enters the sex trade in the U.S. is 12 to 14-year-old. Many victims are runaway girls who were sexually abused as children.[6] California harbors 3 of the FBI’s 13 highest child sex trafficking areas on the nation: Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego.[7] The National Human Trafficking Hotline receives more calls from Texas than any other state in the US. 15% of those calls are from the Dallas-Fort Worth area.[8] Between 14,500 and 17,500 people are trafficked into the U.S. each year.[9] Human trafficking is the third largest international crime industry (behind illegal drugs and arms trafficking). It reportedly generates a profit of $32 billion every year. Of that number, $15.5 billion is made in industrialized countries.[10] The International Labour Organization estimates that women and girls represent the largest share of forced labor victims with 11.4 million trafficked victims (55%) compared to 9.5 million (45%) men.[11] Make A Difference: www.dosomething.org/us/campaig…