FOR MANY THE SEX INDUSTRY IS A REVOLVING DOOR BECAUSE THEY LACK THE MEANS TO TRULY EXIT IT
SEX TRAFFICKING
Occurs when someone uses force, fraud or coercion to cause a commercial sex act.
TRAFFICKING
Transporting, enticing, recruiting, harboring, providing or otherwise obtaining another person by any means.
COMMERCIAL SEX ACT
Includes prostitution, pornography and sexual performance done in exchange for any item of value such as money, drugs, shelter, food or clothes.
40,000,000+
MILLION IN PROSTITUTION
84%
of victims in confirmed sex trafficking cases are
U.S. Citizens
1 in 3
runaways will be lured into prostitution within 48 hours
20-48x
a victim may
be forced to have sex a day
12
years old is the average age of victim initiation
every
30 secs
another person becomes a victim of the sex trafficking industry
89%
of women in the sex industry wanted out, but had no other means
for survival
FIGHT THE ODDS
Three simple ways you can make a difference.
