According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 27 percent of human trafficking incidents reported by 132 countries…
A study by the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota reported in 2010 that up to 200 girls were being offered for…
Police in China stated that the head of the village family planning committee in a county in Fujian province was…
According to the founder of a charity that works in India’s red light districts, the average age of female prostitutes in India were between 9 and 13 in 2012.
Law enforcement agencies in India rescued 126,331 child trafficking victims in 2011-2012 from domestic work situations across the country. The number of children rescued was 27 percent higher than the previous year.
In 2010, there were 174 juveniles who were arrested for prostitution charges in Los Angeles County in the US State of California. Of the 174 who were arrested, 59 percent were involved in the state’s foster care system, according to statistics from California’s Department of Probation.
Around 120,000 women and children are trafficked in the Balkan countries of Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia each year, according to the International Organisation of Migration.
The Nigerian Ambassador to Mali stated in November 2012 that between 20 to 30 girls from Nigeria are being trafficked to Mali everyday. The Ambassador stated that some of the victims of human trafficking from Nigeria were between the ages of 10 to 15.
Between 1994 and 2012, the Metro Police in Las Vegas, Nevada has investigated 2,200 children who were victims of sex trafficking. Half of the victims encountered by police were from Nevada. The youngest victim encountered by police was a pregnant 13 year old girl.
In 2011, the National Task Force Against Human Trafficking in Indonesia officially recorded 435 children who were trafficked in the country.