Modern Day Slavery There are an estimated 12.3 million people globally who have been stripped of their dignity through human trafficking. Trafficking occurs when powerful people coerce, abduct, or deceive the vulnerable in order to gain control and exploit them. It is modern day slavery. Freeset is in business to counter this slavery, specifically sex slavery. Millions of women and children are trafficked into brothels and placed on the street, forced to sell their bodies for the profit of the powerful. Only through a united, global effort can this be abolished. Read on to find out more about human sex trafficking and how you can join the fight against it. Sex Trafficking - Innocence Betrayed At Freeset, we work with many victims of a particular form of trafficking - sex trafficking. While each form of trafficking and slavery is evil, the loss of innocence and human dignity that occur in situations of sex trafficking can be particularly traumatizing. The sex traffickers prey on the vulnerable victims of poverty, young women and children, and those searching for a better life. These innocents are often promised a job in another city by a trafficker who gains their trust only to sell them as sex slaves. Some are locked up in brothels and others do not have the resources or are too traumatized to find their way home. There are many reasons why women and children are vulnerable to traffickers, but the true cause of trafficking lies with demand. Those who patronize the