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It is not a global problem.
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In the News! Watch and Read about the
1st Annual TLH Awareness GALA:
Unmasking the Truth behind Human Trafficking
Click here to see a slideshow from the evening!
1st Annual TLH Awareness GALA:
Unmasking the Truth behind Human Trafficking
Click here to see a slideshow from the evening!
What is Human Trafficking?
Human trafficking is - in plain terms - modern day SLAVERY. Clearly defined, it is the recruitment, harboring, obtaining, and transporting of persons by use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjecting them to forced labor or commercial sexual exploitation. If the victim is less than 18 years of age, no force, fraud or coercion is required to prove trafficking.
Here are the SHOCKING statistics:
And the worst one of all....
Here are the SHOCKING statistics:
- There are at least 30 million slaves worldwide, more than any other time in history.
- 80% of these victims are exploited for sex.
- Human trafficking is a multi-BILLION dollar industry; it is the 2nd largest crime in the U.S.
- Over 50% of child pornography web sites originate from the U.S.A.
- U.S. citizens account for 25% of sex tourists worldwide and 80% in Latin America.
- At least 100,000 children are victims of commercial sexual exploitation within the United States each year
- There is a trafficking victim brought into the United States every 10 minutes.
- Human Trafficking is rapidly on the rise in North Carolina due to military presence, Interstate 95 & 85, coastal ports, agricultural industry and a large immigrant population.
And the worst one of all....
- A victim of trafficking may look like many of the people that you see EVERY DAY.
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