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Human Trafficking In the News
- underage sex trafficking in central Florida

Story by Vanessa Welch
  • Human trafficking generates $9.5 billion in the United States every year.
  • According to the Department of Justice, human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world, outpacing drug trafficking.
  • According to the Polaris Project, victims may be forced to have sex 20-48 times per day.
  • For every dollar of the U.S. budget allocated to fighting human trafficking, the U.S. spends an estimated $4,188 fighting the drug war.
  • Although estimates of the number of human slaves within U.S. borders is difficult to estimate, an estimated 27 million people are slaves worldwide.

The average age of a child that enters prostitution is 12-14 years old. Young vulnerable youth can be preyed upon on the internet, in their schools, in malls, and at bus stops among other situations. There are young people here in our own cities that are captive to evil.