1. To save HUMAN TRAFFICKING

2. Human Trafficking is a crime against humanity. It involves an act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them. Every year, thousands of men, women and children fall into the hands of traffickers, in their own countries and abroad. Every country in the world is affected by trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit or destination for victims. UNODC, as guardian of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and the Protocols thereto, assists States in their efforts to implement the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons (Trafficking in Persons Protocol). What is human trafficking? Elements 3. LOOKINGBENEATH THE SURFACE 4. %There are over 27 million slaves in this world most of which are in plain sight sometimes %80% of the slaves are women %Happening in 127 countries %Cost of a slave$50 FACTS 5. One of the important facts about human trafficking in the United States is that as many as 20,000 victims are trafficked into the United States every year. People from nearly all countries are trafficked. However, the three top countries of origin are Thailand, Mexico and Russia. Approximately 30 million children have lost their childhood through sexual exploitation in the last 30 years 6. Thiscanbeyourchanceto changetheworld 7. Every 30 seconds, another person becomes a victim of human trafficking Average age 12