Some Data on Human Trafficking

However, somewhere out there, real people are suffering and are going through this exact situation.

Victims are either taken forcibly or with consent and are forced to get into sexual acts against their own will. But the bottom line is that these people lose their human rights.

Below are some facts that will help you appreciate how this problem is considered to be uncontrollable.

There are 27 million people serving as slaves in today's modern world, as of 2007. Who would think that slavery still exists in this modern world, figures will prove so..

Huge portions that comprise of that number each year are women and children. They comprise 80% of the total number of people being trafficked.

161 countries out of 192 (according to the United Nations) are involved with human trafficking.

Sadly, some 30% of the victims will have an encounter with a health care professional while in bondage, but the sad part is that it will not be revealed that they are actually victims.

In Romania alone, 30, 000 women are declared missing presumed to be victims of human trafficking, according to the International Police.

Fifty percent (50%) or half of what the estimated number of humans being trafficked are all children. Their average age is estimated to be around 12-14 years old and they are mostly going to go into sexual exploitation.

The industrialized countries are the main source of slaves or labor servants approximated at 15.5 million victims.

But the victims are afraid to divulge their situations because they fear that their families and loved ones' safety will be compromised. Some are afraid that they will be deported.

The face of human trafficking is revealed through the statistics sated above, though they are but few. But these numbers grow by the day. It will definitely bring joy if these numbers decrease, but they don't.

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