1. Worldwide, it is estimated that somewhere between 700,000 and four million women, children and men are trafficked each year, and no region is unaffected
2. In India alone, there are an estimated 2.3 million in prostitution, a quarter of whom are minors and children.
3. Each hour, four women and girls enter the sex industry in India.
4. Every 6 hours in India, a woman is beaten or stabbed to death, or harassed to the point of committing suicide.
5.Victims of sex trafficking are lured in through a number of ways including a promise of a good job in another country, kidnapped, false marriage proposal turned into a bondage situation, and sold by their parents or husbands. These victims are beaten, starved to death, and raped.
6. Men believe that AIDS and other STDs can be cured by having sex with a virgin, and are forcing young girls into the sex industry; seven year old girls are neither uncommon nor the youngest.
7. UNICEF reports that across the world, there are over one million children entering the sex trade every year and that approximately 30 million children have lost their childhood through sexual exploitation over the past 30 years.
8. More than 2/3 of sex trafficked children suffer additional abuse at the hands of their traffickers.
9. India and Pakistan are the main destinations for children under 16 who are trafficked in south Asia.
10. Atlanta has emerged as an international hub for sex trafficking and many slaves are brought through atlanta on their way to their final destination unnoticed.
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