Around the Globe

The child sex trade is a global problem that affects children of all nationalities, religions, races, and socio-economic statuses.

North America:

-One in five children that regularly uses the internet is approached by strangers for sex.
-The average age of entry into prostitution is 13 years old.-325,000 children in the United States are at high risk for being sex trafficked. 

South America:

-In Guatemala, 80% of prostitutes are under the age of 18, and 20% are 15 years or younger.
-1/3 of children in prostitution in Nicaragua are boys.-Mexico is a major center of transit for trafficking victims from around the world, especially South America and South-East Asia.  

Asia:

-60-70% of child prostitutes in Thailand are estimated to be HIV positive.
-Approximately 1 million children are trapped in the sex trade throughout Asia.
-Child sex tourists often travel to countries like Thailand, Japan, and the Philippines, where they exploit children. 

Africa:

-In South Africa, an estimated 38,000 children, some as young as four years old, are being prostituted.
-84% of girls recovering from prostitution in Tanzania had been previously battered, raped, or tortured by the Tanzanian police.

Europe:

-Up to one quarter of Moscow, Russia’s prostitutes are children.
-In Lithuania, up to 50% of prostitutes are estimated to be children, and children as young as 10 years old have been used to make pornographic films. 

What’s the BIG picture?

-2 million children are exploited through the child sex trade every year.
-The trafficking of humans is the third most profitable underground trade, only less than illegal drugs and weapons.
-The average cost of a slave around the world is $90.
-Around 80% of trafficking cases involve sexual exploitation.
-22,000 children die every year in work
-related accidents.