Is this for real?… Not in my neighborhood!


In our community you may see the “working girls” on our steps, or on the corner & up the street but, the problem is in every community. The current statistics* are:Wisconsin

  • Human Trafficking is the second largest criminal industry in the world with an estimated 32 billion dollars made annually. (1)
  • It is estimated that anywhere between100,000-300,000 children are exploited for commercial sex every year in the United States (1,2,3)
  • The average age a person enters into prostitution in the United States ranges between 12 and 14 years old. (1,2,3)
  • Out of the victims of human trafficking   70% are women and 50% are children (1, 3)
  • Wisconsin has documented cases of human trafficking in all 72 counties and in half of those counties there have been over 200 cases of human trafficking reported.
  • National Human Trafficking Resource Center had 96 calls from WI during 1/1/2013—6/30/2013
  • The Super Bowl is one of the largest human trafficking events yearly.
  • Wisconsin tied for second place with Detroit in the 2013 Operation Cross Country recovery effort with 10 minors rescued. San Francisco was first with 12 minors rescued.

*References & Resources

  1. http://www.polarisproject.org
  2. http://www.doj.state.wi.us/ocvs/human-trafficking
  3. http://sharedhope.org
  4. http://sharedhope.org/PICframe3/reportcards/PIC_RC_2013_WI.pdf
  5. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24429762/fbi-rescues-16-juveniles-in-super-bowl-human-trafficking-operation
  6. http://www.njhumantrafficking.org/#!super-bowl-2014-fact-sheet/c1unm
  7. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/01/super-bowl-is-largest-weekend-in-us-prostitution-advocates-say
  8. http://www.wisconsingazette.com/wisconsin-gaze/wisconsin-lawmakers-combat-states-growing-human-trafficking-problem.html
  9. http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/105-juveniles-recovered-in-nationwide-operation-targeting-underage-prostitution