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Sex trafficking facts
Girls and women make up 71% of modern slavery victims
That means almost 29 million of the 40+ million people in slavery are female.
Girls and women make up 99% of sex trafficking victims
Sex trafficking accounts for the bulk of the US$150 billion profit generated by slavery each year.
Sex trafficking networks are shifting from brothels to hotels and homes
Where sex trafficking was focused on brothels in red-light districts, traffickers are now victims between hotels and private homes in South Asia.
IJM combats sex trafficking in Asia, Europe and the Americas
We target sex trafficking in the Dominican Republic, India and Romania. IJM has successfully partnered with Cambodian and Philippine governments to significantly reduce sex trafficking in those countries.
1 in 15 sex workers in Kolkata's private trafficking networks is a child
Some are as young as 10 years old.
Sadhna was deceived and forced into a life of prostitution.
After losing her father, Sadhna (a pseudonym) moved with her mother and sister to the big city of Kolkata. She was tricked into a brothel, drugged and sold nightly to men for sex. But now, Sadhna is safe because of IJM and our supporters.
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