What does the fight against human trafficking, tattoos, storytelling, artistic dreams, and hope all have in common? ..Alley Kriska! Alley is a local tattoo artist in Alabaster who not only does her art for a living but also fights to help others find peace from pain and suffering. Hear her inspiring tales of healing others with her work and how she fights against sex trafficking. A wonderful woman with a very important message that everyone needs to hear! This is one of the most compelling episodes to date! Please hear it all, and share, it could save someone's life.
To learn more and to fight for the cause check out all the info below
https://www.the-wellhouse.org/
Contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline to connect with services and support for human trafficking survivors, or to report a tip: call 1-888-373-7888, text 233733, or chat online.
1. Trafficking involves transporting someone into a situation of exploitation. This can include forced labor, marriage, prostitution, and organ removal. This kind of exploitation is known by a few different names -- "human trafficking," "trafficking of persons," and "modern slavery" are the ones accepted by the US Department of State.
2. It's estimated that internationally there are between 20 million and 40 million people in modern slavery today. Assessing the full scope of human trafficking is difficult because so many cases so often go undetected, something the United Nations refers to as "the hidden figure of crime."
3. Estimates suggest that, internationally, only about .04% survivors of human trafficking cases are identified, meaning that the vast majority of cases of human trafficking go undetected.
4. Human trafficking earns global profits of roughly $150 billion a year for traffickers, $99 billion of which comes from commercial sexual exploitation.
5. Globally, an estimated 71% of enslaved people are women and girls, while men and boys account for 29%.
6. Estimates suggest that about 50,000 people are trafficked into the US each year, most often from Mexico and the Philippines.
7. In 2018, over half (51.6%) of the criminal human trafficking cases active in the US were sex trafficking cases involving only children.
8. Reports indicate that a large number of child sex trafficking survivors in the US were at one time in the foster care system.
9. Advocates report a growing trend of traffickers using online social media platforms to recruit and advertise targets of human trafficking.
10. The average age a teen enters the sex trade in the US is 12 to 14 years old. Many victims are runaway girls who were sexually abused as children.
11. In 2018, The National Human Trafficking Hotline received more calls from California than any other state in the US, followed by Texas and Florida, respectively. (To contact the Human Trafficking Hotline: call 1-888-373-7888, text 233733, or chat online.)
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