10 QUICK FACTS ABOUT CHILD SEX SLAVERY

1. 90% of all children and youth trafficked for sexual purposes in the U.S. are American citizens. 2. Every minute two children become victims of sexual exploitation. 3. Each prostituted child serves between 100 to 1500 clients per year. 4. Human sex trafficking is now considered the 2nd largest and fastest growing illegal trafficking activity in the world. It is a $27+ billion a year industry. 5. 80% of trafficking victims are female and 60% are children. 6. Underage girls are the bulk of victims in the commercial sex market including pornography, stripping, escort services, and prostitution. 7. More than one million children are forced to work in the global sex industry every year. Between 100,000 and 300,000 American children become victims of sex trafficking annually. 8. The average life span of a child caught in the sex slave trade is 2 years. They die from either suicide, murder, contracting HIV/Aids, or overdosing on drugs forced on them. 9. Within 48 hours of a child hitting the street one-third are approached by sex traffickers. 10. The average age of entry for a girl into prostitution in the U.S. is 13 years old, for a boy 12.

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