How are girls trafficking?
How are girls trafficking? Women and girls are usually trafficked for the purpose of sexual and economic exploitation, particularly prostitution and pornography, forced labour, including for work in commercial agriculture and domestic work, arranged marriages or to be ‘sold’ as brides, recruitment for participation in hostilities and such
How many girls are trafficked every year?
There are approximately 800,000 people trafficked across international borders annually and, of these, 80% are women or girls and 50% are minors. The global sex trade is the fastest growing form of commerce, worth $32 billion annually.
What is the #1 state for human trafficking?
States with the Highest Human Trafficking Numbers
California consistently has the highest human trafficking rates in the United States, with 1,507 cases reported in 2019. 1,118 of these cases were sex trafficking cases, 158 were labor trafficking, and 69 were both sex and labor. The remaining cases were not specified.
Who started human trafficking?
Following the above definition, the earliest form of global human trafficking began with the African slave trade. Since the American and European continents were involved as buyers, and the different African groups were both items of trade and middlemen, it is the first known international flow of human trafficking.
