Slavery is alive and well

In our quest to fight Human Trafficking I thought I would start with the explanation of what human trafficking is Article 3, paragraph (a) of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons defines Trafficking in Persons as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs
It is estimated that there is

27 million people in modern-day slavery across the world
800,000 people trafficked across international borders every year.
1 million children exploited by the global commercial sex trade, every year.
50% transnational victims who are children.
80% transnational victims who are women and girls.
161 Countries are identified as affected by human trafficking
32 billion in yearly profits are generated by the human trafficking industry.
$15.5 billion is made in industrialized countries.
$9.7 billion in Asia
$13,000 per year generated on average by each “forced laborer.” This number can be as high as $67,200 per victim per year.
There are between 14,500 - 17,500 people who are trafficked in the United states yearly.
Edmund Burke once said “Evil flourishes when good men do nothing” that has never been more true, people have sat back and did nothing for too long Christians have sat back and did nothing for to long. People have ignored the many verse in the word of God that state that we are to take care of the poor an needy (Exodus 22:22, Deuteronomy 10:18, Deuteronomy 15:4, Deuteronomy 15:7, Deuteronomy 24:14, Proverbs 19:17, 1 John 3:17-18, James 1:27 to name a few) It is time that the Christians in this world stand up and doing something. It is time that we stand up and fight slavery once and for all !