Over 800,000 women and children are transported as slaves annually with half of the trade being children. 65% are trafficked for the purpose of commercial sex and these numbers do not include the millions trafficked within country borders. This is a $32 billion business which attracts organized crime. Sex traffickers usually receive very light sentences and go on to do it repeatedly. Women are beaten and buried alive with only their faces sticking out. They become addicted to heroin, degradation and are raped several times a day. Most come from poverty and dysfunctional families.
