Over 99 percent of trafficked individuals trapped in forced sexual exploitation are women.Per the International Labor Organization, 4.8 million victims were in forced sexual exploitation.Sex trafficking is a global form of modern-day slavery in which individuals are coerced to perform commercial sex acts against their will.
On April 11, 2018, the White House provided these statistics: How big is the sex trafficking problem? The University of New England reports it is the third largest criminal business in the world, behind only drugs and weapons. If you view pornography, then the answer is “Yes.” The truth is, porn and sex trafficking have strong links, even in the United States, where the sex trafficking industry is worth $3 billion a year. You may think, “But it certainly isn’t something that would involve me, is it?” To most people, sex trafficking is a problem that exists in distant foreign countries.
