NEED for Prevention, Protection, Prosecution and Partnership (4 Ps) Trainings:

1.  The average age of the US child entry is 13 “Unlucky 13” from various social and economic strata. Internationally, trafficked children are as young as 6 years old (Sri Lanka) to 9 years old (Nepal).  It is not limited to poorer and disadvantaged families. Victims are lured, deceived, and enslaved and are sons and daughters of physicians, lawyers, and white collared professionals
2.  Human Trafficking is a global issue, but it is also a DOMESTIC issue.  50% of the children involved in internet porn are US citizens. 83% of trafficked individuals are US citizens.
3.  Roughly 100,000 to 300,000 American children are trafficked within the United States each year
4.  Human Trafficking is due to exploitation while Human Smuggling requires transportation
5.  Today, we have the largest number of slaves in the world in the history of humankind
6.  Japan and the Gulf Nations are the destinations for Asian minors
7.  Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal enterprise with the lowest risk and highest dividends for traffickers. Children can be bought and sold multiple times each day, whereas drugs once used are gone forever
8. Often, victims do not consider themselves trafficked and do not identify with the term until several years later
9.  Victims develop “trauma bonds” and experience Complex Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome response to their trafficking
10.  Between 50-98% of child victims were once in foster care.  50% of victims reported in California, 65% in New York, and 98% in Connecticut. About 25% of traffickers were once in foster care
11.  100% of the women traffickers were sex slaves as compared to 56% of men with the Male/Female Ration being approximately 70/30. Pimps earned $150,000-500,000 per year
12.  Within 48 hours, of running away one out of three teens are lured into trafficking