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High Risk of Modern Slavery in 60% of Countries

by Justice | Aug 12, 2016 | human trafficking statistics

Nearly 46 million people around the world are living as slaves, forced to work in factories, mines and farms, sold for sex, trapped in debt bondage or born into servitude, according to the 2016 Global Slavery Index by rights group Walk Free Foundation. Read More From...

The Number of Slaves Globally Is Now At 36 Million

by Justice | Nov 17, 2014 | human trafficking statistics

The Walk Free Foundation, an Australian-based human rights group, estimated in its inaugural slavery index last year that 29.8 million people were born into servitude, trafficked for sex work, trapped in debt bondage or exploited for forced labour. Releasing its...

New Strategy Brings Reason For Hope

by Justice | Feb 4, 2014 | championing hope, human trafficking prevention, human trafficking solutions, human trafficking statistics, video

Stop the Demand For Trafficking Human trafficking statistics are not often encouraging. The world of sex trafficking prevention is a dismal arena where reasons for optimism are rare. But yesterday we came upon a positive report from Jeff Fountain of the Schuman...

Global Slavery Is On The Rise

by Justice | Jan 4, 2013 | human trafficking prevention, human trafficking solutions, human trafficking statistics

150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, buying and selling people into forced labor is bigger than ever. Slavery–“the total control of one person by another or the purpose of economic exploitation”—is a global epidemic, driven by the...

Human Trafficking In US Is Growing

by Justice | Aug 25, 2012 | human trafficking statistics

Human Trafficking In Us: 50% Are Children Human trafficking is growing at a faster pace globally than any criminal enterprise—and it is is taking root and flourishing in the United States. Human trafficking statistics tell us that roughly half of those...