A child goes missing every 40 seconds in the U.S, over 2,100 per day.

In excess of 800,000 children are reported missing each year.

Another 500,000 go missing without ever being reported…”

http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

“EVERY “FIVE MINUTES” A CHILD GOES MISSING”

UK Charity : Parents & Abducted Children Together (PACT)

Human trafficking generates USD 31 billion annually and enslaves 27 million people globally – Half of whom are children under the age of 18.

(International Labour Office (ILO) – 2005 Study)

An interesting article from the Guardian.

Almost 500 children were abducted from the UK and taken abroad illegally last year, according to figures released to the Guardian under the Freedom of Information Act. There were 336 cases of child abduction reported to authorities in the UK in 2008, an increase of 20% on 2005 figures. These cases involved an estimated 470 children last year….

Full article here – http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/aug/09/children-abduction-kidnapping-uk-data

People trafficking is the third largest international organized crime after drug and arms trafficking.

Amnesty International Stats.

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=639

People trafficking is the third largest international organized crime after drug and arms trafficking.Amnesty International Stats.http://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions_details.asp?ActionID=639

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