Modern Slavery is legal nowhere, but is thriving everywhere – even in our city.
27 million people are literally enslaved today –
twice the number extracted from africa during the 400 years of trans-atlantic slave trade.
Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world; it yields $9 billion each year in the U.S. and $32 billion globally.
trafficking: the transport and/or trade of human beings from one area to another for the purpose of forcing them into conditions of slavery, usually involving deception, coercion, and violence.
Human beings are not commodities.
We are not disposable.
We are not disposable.
“My chains are gone. I’ve been set free. My God, my savior, has ransomed me.
Like a flood, His mercy rains. Unending love. Amazing Grace.” ~ Chris Tomlin
forced labor: forcibly kidnapped or lured by promises of employment,
laborers are recruited by individuals, governments or political parties bonded labor: now the most common form of slavery
and forced to work, under the threat of violence or other penalties. debt bondage occurs when the poor are forced to offer themselves or their children as collateral
against a loan.
Slaves cost the equivalent of $40,000 in 1850 – now, you can buy one for $90.
Slavery is more brutal than ever before, as people have become disposable expenses rather than capital investments.
Experts estimate that every person enslaved today can be liberated and rehabilitated with only $10 billion,
but we lack the political will. You can make a difference. Visit http://www.traffickfree.org for more information.
