Resources
Are you being forced to do anything you do not want to do? Have you been threatened if you try to leave? Have you witnessed young girls being prostituted? If so, please call the National Human Trafficking Hotline (24/7): 1 (888) 3737-888
The following links are websites that are helpful in educating about human trafficking and offering assistance or services for victims of trafficking abuse.
Statistics
Child/Human Trafficking is one of the fastest growing crimes in the world. Child/Human trafficking is the world's second largest criminal enterprise, after drugs. - U.S. State Department
The global market of child trafficking at over $12 billion a year with over 1.2 million child victims. - UNICEF
As many as 2.8 million children run away each year in the U.S. Within 48 hours of hitting the streets, one third of these children are lured or recruited into the underground world of prostitution and pornography. - The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
300,000 children in the U.S. are at risk every year for commercial sexual exploitation.- U.S. Department of Justice
Child pornography is one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States right now. Nationally, there has been a 2500% increase in arrests in 10 years. - FBI