Human Trafficking Victims
Statistics
- The average age of entry into the Commercial Sex Industry is 12.
- Human trafficking is so prevalent because, unlike the sale of drugs providing a one-time fix, a human body can be sold over and over and over again.
- Human Trafficking generates approximately 32 billion dollars annually.
- 1 in 3 runaways will be approached by a pimp within 48 hours.
- Houston was ranked the #1 city for men buying sex online. (Arizona State University)
- Texas is considered the epicenter of human trafficking in the United States. Houston is a major hub for the trafficking of persons.
- It is estimated that we currently have 600,000 – 800,000 domestic (that is US citizens) victims being trafficked within our borders.
- In the past 10 years, only approximately 600 victims have been rescued in Houston.
- It typically takes a victim 7 - 10 years to recover.