Human Trafficking statistics:
 
* It's a $32 billion a year industry -- about $28 billion  is from commercial sex exploitation
 
* 27 million people enslaved today  worldwide --  there are 161 countries affected ;  of  these 27 million , 2.5 million are victims of human trafficking annually,  and the majority of these trafficking victims are between 18-24 years of age ; 95% of victims experience physical or sexual violence during trafficking
 
* Prostitution and sex services is  the  largest category of forced or slave labor in the US at 46%
 
* 1.2 million children  are trafficked annually; 2 million children are enslaved in the sex trade
 
* 2 children  are  estimated to be trafficked for sexual exploitation every minute
 
* It's estimated that between 200,000-300,000 American girls are at high-risk for being sex trafficked each year;  the FBI estimates there are 300,000 American girls being trafficked for commercial sex right now
 
* Average age of entry into prostitution of commercial sex industry in the US is 11-14 years old
 
* 90% of runaways  in the US become part of  commercial sex industry
 
* 45,000-50,000 persons are trafficked into the US each year -- 15,000 of them are children
 
* Mexican, eastern Europe and Asian crime syndicates run extensive trafficking rings inside the US
 
* In 3 Innocence Lost national FBI initiatives, between 2003-2009, 577 children were  recovered , over $3 million; there were 365 convictions and 28 task forces and working groups were involved  in the initiatives  ... truck stops were one of the main places targeted for finding traffickers, trafficking and rescuing victims of trafficking
 
* Women and children trafficked by organized crime often kidnapped or tricked into company of the pimp, forced into prostitution on a track of truck stops in as many as 15 states. Every 2 weeks or so women are moved to a new location to keep them from developing any connections that could help them get out. If victims attempt to leave, they are beaten or raped by their controllers until they are mentally conditioned to believe there is no life apart from the  continual  abuse they've come to normalize over time.