Statics+of+Human+Trafficking


 * // In 2007, 27 million people are considered slaves in today’s modern society. The number of victims is not a perfect estimate but is close. There is smuggling of people happening each year, worldwide, and it has now reached 800,000 victims. Women and children are still the favored target of human trafficking each year. They comprise 80 percent of the total number of people being trafficked.Children comprise half or 50 percent of human trafficking target.They become victims as early as 12 to 14 years old and they are most likely to get exposed to sexual intercourse. There are 30,00 women in Romania declared to be missing who are presumed to be victims of human trafficking, as international police reported.Individuals under the age 18, make up half of the total number of humans being trafficked. The industrialized countries are the main source of slaves or labor servants approximated at 15.5 million victims.And while in other countries tied up and are trying to get out of where they are they being held. There is approximatelty 30% of victims who will have an actual encounter with a health care professional. 161 countries out of 192 (according to the United Nations) are involved with human trafficking. Human trafficking, as an organized crime, is approximated to generate 32 billion revenue each year. //**