Statistics

The Statistics

There are 27 million victims of modern day slavery (Bales 2004).
Two to four million people are victims of trafficking at any given time (ILO).
There are 1.2 million children trafficked every year, with most victims being girls between 5 to 15 years of age. (Unicef)
Trafficking in persons is a global business that makes US$7-10 billion each year (United Nations).
Human trafficking is the second largest criminal industry in the world.
There are 12.3 million adults and children in forced labor, bonded labor, and forced prostitution around the world. (UNODC, Global report on TIP, 2009).
In 2009, there were 49,105 victims identified and only 4166 successful trafficking prosecutions.
The ratio of convicted offenders to victims identified, as a percentage is 8.5%.
The ratio of victims identified to estimated victims, as a percentage is 0.4%.
The prevalence of trafficking victims in the world is 1.8:1000 people. In the Asia and Pacific region, that figure is 3:1000.