We Can Bring an End to Human Trafficking

Trafficking in America Task Force, along with its global partners are working to bring an end to human trafficking. We work together with local, state and congressional lawmakers and train law enforcement, medical and mental health professionals to help bring an end to the scourge of human trafficking.

WE MUST EDUCATE OURSELVES

“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by
those who watch them without doing anything”
– Albert Einstein

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Our mission is to work together with local, state, global and congressional lawmakers and train global law enforcement, judges, prosecutors, medical and mental health professionals to help bring an end to the scourge of human trafficking.

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Trafficking in America Task Force is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, Tax ID: 32-0495587. Your contribution is fully tax-deductible in the USA.

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Helping to Bring an End to All Forms of Human Trafficking

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Numbers Say It All

The United Nations describes human trafficking as “recruiting, harboring, transporting, providing, or obtaining a person for compelled labor or commercial sex acts through the use of force, fraud, or coercion.” Here are just some of the staggering numbers that drive alongside human trafficking:

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The Average Age of a Victim of Child Sex Trafficking

$150,000 to $200,000

Amount a Pimp Makes per Child (Average Pimp Solicits 4 to 6 Victims at a Time)

$32 BILLION

Total Market Value of Illicit Human Trafficking

300,000

The number of children who may be at risk of being prostituted in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

1 in 7

The number of endangered runaways, reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, who were likely sex trafficking victims.

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The Unseen Victims: Males

Historically, women have been identified as the overwhelming majority of victims of human trafficking but recent studies have shown male victims of trafficking have been severely overlooked. In a 2008 study by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, of those who were sexually exploited in New York, fifty percent of victims were found to be boys from the United States, being trafficked domestically. Until now anti-trafficking organizations have been focused on female victims but that tide is now starting to turn. Male victims have become the invisible population.

My Story - Jerome Elam

“What I can do is fight until my dying breath …”

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The Invisible Population

“Boys are more looked upon as perpetrators …  not victims.”

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Being a Survivor

USA TODAY: Horrifying Tales of Child Sex Slavery

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Resources for Male Victims

Important Resources for Male Victims of Sex Trafficking

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