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FACTS ABOUT TRAFFICKING
* Between 600,000 and 800,000 people
are trafficked internationally each year. 80% are women
and 50% are children.
*By extremely narrow definitions of
trafficking, between 14,000 and 17,000 people are trafficked
into the U.S. each year.
*Trafficking is now the second most
lucrative illegal industry for organized crime, recently
surpassing illegal arms dealing.
*By extremely conservative estimates,
trafficking accrues $9.5 billion dollars each year globally
for organized crime. Some groups contest that the value
in reality is much higher.
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT'S
SEX-TRAFFICKING
SITE
FOR A MODEL LAW
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