U.S. Policy & Issues

Trafficked children are returned from Nigeria to Benin (Photo: US Embassy Nigeria)

The U.S. government estimates 600,000 to 800,000 men, women, and children are trafficked across international borders every year into slavery, including 14,500 to 17,500 into our own country. Some estimate the global number of trafficking victims to be in the millions -- in domestic servitude, sex slavery, forced labor, child soldiers, child camel jockeys, and other brutal schemes.