There are an estimated 40 million people trapped in various forms of slavery throughout the world today (including forced labor slavery, debt bondage, forced marriage and/or sex slavery).  Collectively, these activities generate $150 billion each year in illicit profits for traffickers.  Consider the following statistics: 5% of slavery victims today are in sex slavery 71% of slavery victims today are women and girls 25% of slaves today are children under the age of 18 (Source:  https://www.alliance87.org/global_estimates_of_modern_slavery-forced_labour_and_forced_marriage.pdf)