As Grace Place explores its role in fighting against Human Trafficking, please review the below information and pray with us for God's leading in our next steps.

Note:  Some of this content may not be suitable for children.

Sex Trafficking Facts:

• 1.2 million children are trafficked every year; this is in addition to the millions already held captive by trafficking ⁽¹⁾
• Every 2 minutes a child is being prepared for sexual exploitation ⁽¹⁾
• The average victim is forced to have sex up to 40 times a day ⁽⁵⁾
• The average age of a trafficked victim is 14 years old ⁽⁵⁾
• Approximately 30 million children have lost their childhood through sexual exploitation over the past 30 years ⁽¹⁾
• Sex trafficking is an engine of the global AIDS epidemic ⁽⁴⁾
• People are trafficked from 127 countries to be exploited in 137 countries ⁽³⁾
• Between 14,500 and 17,500 victims are trafficked into the USA each year ⁽⁴⁾
• The total market value of illicit Sex Trafficking is estimated to be in excess of $32 billion ⁽²⁾
• By 2010 Sex Trafficking will be the number one crime worldwide ⁽⁵⁾
• Trafficking in women is the second largest global organized crime today
• Over 25% of victims are trafficked from Southern and Eastern Europe.
• Tragically, only 1-2 percent of victims are rescued, and only 1 in 100,000 Europeans involved in trafficking are convicted.

^{(1-UNICEF, 2-UN, 3-UNODC, 4-US Department of State, 5-The A21 Campaign)}

Websites:

Kairos Youth & Family Services (A Grace Place Partner)
Kairos Youth & Family Services is a comprehensive program working with child prostitutes, helping them to escape the danger of the streets and learn to function and thrive in mainstream society. We take on the role of a loving parent for children who have never experienced a true sense of family.
http://kairosyfs.org/

Children's Hope Chest www.hopechest.org
Global Centurion Fighting modern slavery by focusing on demand. www.globalcenturion.org
Human Trafficking (dot) Org A web resource for combating human trafficking. humantrafficking.org International Justice Mission (IJM) http://www.ijm.org/
Love 146 End child sex slavery and Exploitation www.love146.org
Not For Sale Campaign www.notforsalecampaign.org
Polaris Project For a world without slavery. www.polarisproject.org
Priceless: The Book www.sheispriceless.com
The A21 Campaign "Abolishing injustice in the 21st Century" thea21campaign.org
Stop Child Trafficking Now www.sctnow.org
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Human Trafficking Resource Center:
U.S. State Department Trafficking in Persons Report 2010 www.state.gov

Books and Other Publications

The Justice Journey (PDF) A Handbook for Pastors and other Christian Leaders by © 2008 International Justice Mission

Not for Sale: The Return of the Global Slave Trade–and How We Can Fight It by David B. Batstone (Paperback – Feb. 6, 2007)

Priceless: A Novel on the Edge of the World by Tom Davis (Paperback – June 1, 2010)

Movies / Documentaries

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004) Admist the apparent growing prosperity of India, there is a dark underbelly of poverty of another side of the nation that is little known. This film is a chronicle of filmmakers Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman's efforts to show that world of Calcutta's red light district. To do that, they inspired a special group of children of the prostitutes of the area to photograph the most reluctant subjects of it. As the kids excel in their new found art, the filmmakers struggle to help them have a chance for a better life away from the miserable poverty that threatens to crush their dreams. Note:  This movie is rated R for a few scenes of extreme vulgar language.

Call+Response "Justice is what love looks like in public." Vision: We believe the end of modern day slavery will come from individuals who gather together to push on businesses, media, and governments to support their existing values for human rights. We believe that this is a bottom-up movement that needs dynamic information, sustained inspiration, and most importantly, tactile activation. www.callandresponse.com

Human Trafficking Statistics/PSA/Movie Trailer (YouTube) Statistics

Taken (2009) A former spy relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been forced into the slave trade. (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox/taken/).

Trade (2007)Film about two different girls from very different backgrounds who are both sold into prostitution and the sex slave industry.

The Day My God Died (2003) The Day My God Died is a feature-length documentary that presents the stories of young girls whose lives have been shattered by child sex trade. They describe they day they were abducted from their village and sold into sexual servitude as, "The Day My God Died." www.thedaymygoddied.com

Witness – Stella Rotaru: Fighting Global Sex Trade (YouTube) Witness