Human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery. It affects every country around the world, regardless of socio-economic status, history, or political structure. Human traffickers have created an international market for the trade in human beings based on high profits and demand for commercial sex and cheap labor. Trafficking affects 161 countries worldwide.
An estimated 20.9 million men, women and children are trafficked for commercial sex or forced labor around the world today.
Utilizing the power and influence of music, film, and celebrity –> MTV EXIT is a cutting edge and innovative media campaign that aims to raise awareness and increase prevention of human trafficking and exploitation.
http://mtvexit.org/jointhefight/#lightbox/1/
We need YOUR help to encourage greater awareness, stimulate a global conversation, and inspire change.
Human trafficking has become the second most profitable crime in the world creating a $32 billion industry: more than Nike, Google and Starbucks combined.
Victims do not agree to be trafficked – they are tricked – lured by false promises – or forced. Many are kept as slaves; starved, punished and beaten into submission.
The trafficker takes away the basic human rights of the victim: the Freedom to move, to Choose, to Control his/her body and mind, and to Control his/her future.
Trafficking in CHILDREN
Trafficking of children is the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of children for the purpose of exploitation.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children states that there are 100,000-300,000 American born children likely to be victims of human trafficking each year.
The International Labor Organization estimates worldwide that there are 246 million exploited children aged between 5 and 17 involved in debt bondage, forced recruitment for armed conflict, prostitution, pornography, the illegal drug trade, the illegal arms trade, and other illicit activities around the world
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Other Great Sources to help Spread Awareness and Join the fight against Human Trafficking
http://www.polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/international-trafficking
National Human Trafficking Resource Center
(The NHTRC is a program of Polaris Project, a non-profit, non-governmental organization working exclusively on the issue of human trafficking. They are not a government entity, law enforcement or an immigration authority.)
http://www.endhumantrafficking.org/
http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/
http://www.castla.org/homepage
http://www.unicefusa.org/work/protection/child-trafficking/
Rosalie Bardo 