Human Trafficking Data and Insights in Pennsylvania

    • Pennsylvania ranks 4th nationwide for active federal criminal human trafficking cases.

    • Since its inception, the Human Trafficking Hotline has received 8,751 reports, identifying 2,308 human trafficking cases and 4,806 confirmed victims.

    • California leads the nation in human trafficking rates, followed by Texas, Florida, and New York.

    • In Pennsylvania, 153 cases of sex trafficking have been reported, along with eight cases involving both sex and labor trafficking.

Human Trafficking Data for the USA 

 

  • An estimated 100,000 to 150,000 victims are trafficked in this country every year.

  • The US has two primary types of Human Trafficking Labor and sex.

  • The top three types of trafficking reported in 2021 were Escort Services (10%), Pornography (8%), and Illicit Massage, Health & Beauty (8%)

  • Research shows that the average age of a female being trafficked is 13 years old and the average age of a male is 11 years of age.

  • Over 70% of Trafficking victims are recruited/ groomed by a family member or by an intimate partner.

  • 23% of Trafficking victims are recruited from the internet which is the highest percentage outside of being trafficked by family or intimate partner.

  • Human Trafficking is a 150-Billion-dollar Business a year industry in the US. That’s more profit than Amazon, Microsoft and Apple make in profit per year combined. ( Human Trafficking is the 2nd most profitable Criminal enterprise Drugs is # one)

  • Every 2 minutes someone will fall victim to Trafficking in this country. (Worldwide someone fall’s victim to Human Trafficking every 30 seconds)

  • Less than 2% of Trafficking victims are rescued.

  • The average life expectance of a victim being trafficked is 7 years.