Sex trafficking
"The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act where such an act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion"
Trafficking Victims Protection Act
Trafficking Victims Protection Act
Sex trafficking is a serious problem worldwide, even within the United States.
As a form of slavery, exploiting people for sex strips them of their dignity and rights as human beings. The victims of sex slavery are often threatened and abused by their pimps and sex workers. And why is this still an issue in our world? Because there is still a market for it.
As a form of slavery, exploiting people for sex strips them of their dignity and rights as human beings. The victims of sex slavery are often threatened and abused by their pimps and sex workers. And why is this still an issue in our world? Because there is still a market for it.
know the facts
The National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline received reports of
3,598 sex trafficking cases in the United States in 2014.*
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children estimated that
1 in 6 endangered runaways reported to them were likely sex trafficking victims.*
Approximately 80% of human trafficking is sexual exploitation.**
The average age for teens who enter the sex trade is 12-14 years old.**
Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego
are three of the FBI's highest child sex trafficking areas.**
A pimp can make $150,000-$200,000 per child each year,
and the average pimp has 4 to 6 girls.***
The average victim may be forced to have sex up to 20-48 times a day.***
1 in 3 teenagers on the street will be lured toward prostitution
within 48 hours of leaving home.***
Women and girls make up 89% of sexually exploited victims worldwide.****
3,598 sex trafficking cases in the United States in 2014.*
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children estimated that
1 in 6 endangered runaways reported to them were likely sex trafficking victims.*
Approximately 80% of human trafficking is sexual exploitation.**
The average age for teens who enter the sex trade is 12-14 years old.**
Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego
are three of the FBI's highest child sex trafficking areas.**
A pimp can make $150,000-$200,000 per child each year,
and the average pimp has 4 to 6 girls.***
The average victim may be forced to have sex up to 20-48 times a day.***
1 in 3 teenagers on the street will be lured toward prostitution
within 48 hours of leaving home.***
Women and girls make up 89% of sexually exploited victims worldwide.****
Sources: *Polaris Project **DoSomething.org ***The Covering House ****Not For Sale
Please note this is not a real organization. While sex trafficking is a very real problem, this website is merely for the purpose of a class at Loyola Marymount University.
Please note this is not a real organization. While sex trafficking is a very real problem, this website is merely for the purpose of a class at Loyola Marymount University.