What is human trafficking like in the United States?

More than 2,515 incidents of human trafficking were investigated by federal funded task forces led primarily by local law enforcement agencies between January 2008 and June 2010. Below you’ll find a brief summary of the Department of Justice report listing statistics gathered on these investigations. For the full report, visit: http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2372

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The Investigations

• ·         48% involved allegations of adult sex trafficking
• ·         40% involved allegations of child sex trafficking
• ·         350 incidents involved allegations of labor trafficking
• ·         30% confirmed to be human trafficking
• ·         38% confirmed not to be human trafficking
• ·         Remaining 32% cases are still open
• ·         98% of sex trafficking cases were investigated by law enforcement agencies
• ·         82% of labor trafficking cases investigated by multiple collaborating agencies
• ·         49% of sex trafficking cases were investigated by multiple collaborating agencies
• ·         29% of labor trafficking investigations were led by federal agencies
• ·         7% of sex trafficking investigations were led by federal agencies

The Victims

• ·         527 confirmed human trafficking victims
• ·         87 victims were foreign
• ·         94% of sex trafficking victims were female
• ·         68% of labor trafficking victims were female
• ·         13% of sex trafficking victims were 25 or older
• ·         62% of labor trafficking victims were 25 or older
• ·         83% of sex trafficking victims were U.S. citizens
• ·         26% of sex trafficking victims were white
• ·         40% of sex trafficking victims were black
• ·         63% of labor trafficking victims were Hispanic
• ·         17% of labor trafficking victims were Asian

The Traffickers

• ·         488 confirmed suspects
• ·         144 arrests
• ·         81% of confirmed suspects were male