Let the numbers speak...

Sex slavery is more common today than ever before, and with the illegal traffic of weapons, the second criminal industry in the world (drug traffic is number one), it profits approximately 7 billion dollars each year. This trend has become an organized crime, it is now a borderless mega-business. People are sold and bought in any country, bringing into the game other crimes like money laundering, falsification of documents, illegal immigration, and drug dealing, among some others.

Latin-American countries have softer laws, less supervision, high levels of poverty and corruption. In many of these countries, about 40 million twelve-year-old children are sexual slaves; several of them live on the streets after being abandoned or sold by their parents, or after escaping the violence or sexual abuse in their own homes. By prostituting themselves, these children find the money they need to satisfy their primary needs and also their addictions.

Approximately, 900,000 people worldwide suffer the cruelty of human trafficking each year. The majority of those are women and children. Approximately 50,000 people come into the United States to work on strenuous physical jobs or become sex slaves, most of them are minors and 10,000 come from Latin America.
If we let the numbers speak we will find the truth that hides just beneath the surface.

- Dr. Ana Nogales