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What You Need To Know About Trafficking

100,000 children sexually trafficked in the US each year (Polaris Project) 12-14 is the average age of entry of girls into prostitution in the US (US Dept Health and Human Services) 1 in 6 Runaways reported to National Center for Missing and Exploited Children were likely victims of trafficking (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 2014) 20.9 million people enslaved worldwide, 5.5 million children worldwide, 98% of sexually exploited persons worldwide are female (International Labor Organization)