Human trafficking in Mexico is estimated to generate between $15 Billion to $20 Billion a year.

Source:  Arthur Brice, “Human trafficking second only to drugs in Mexico,” CNN, August 27, 2010.

Between September 2008 and February 2009, an estimated 10,000 migrants who were attempting to cross the border into the United States were kidnapped and held for ransom.

Source:  Sara Miller Llana, “Mexico mass grave highlights abuse of migrants heading to US,” Christian Science Monitor, August 26, 2010.

Human smugglers charge migrants $5,000 to be smuggled into the United States by sea.

More and more migrants are attempting to enter the US due to increase enforcement on the border between the US and Mexico.

Source:  AP, “Migrants turn to the sea to enter US illegally,” Google News, August 26, 2010.

From October 2009 to August 2010, US Border Enforcement agents apprehended 753 migrants attempting to enter the United States by sea.

In the same time period om 2008 to 2009, 400 migrants were caught. In 2007 to 2008, 230 migrants were apprehended.

Source:  AP, “Migrants turn to the sea to enter US illegally,” Google News, August 26, 2010.

Nigerian women and girls who are human trafficked into Ivory Coast and are forced to work as prostitutes service between 15 to 30 men a night at a cost of $2 per act.

Source:  AP, “Nigeria teens sold for prostitution in Ivory Coast,” Google News, August 27, 2010.

In 2009, there were 138 cases of kidnapping for ransom cases reported in the Philippines.

In 2008, there were 135 cases reported.

The ransom payments demanded fell between the range of $11,000 to $44,000 (500,000 to 2 Million Philippine Peso).

Source:  Alexis Romero, “Kidnapping cases up in 2009 – risk consultancy,” Philippine Star, August 20, 2010.

The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) reported that 2,600 women who were working in UK brothers are confirmed human trafficking victims. Another 9,200 women were considered to be vulnerable and may have been trafficked, but were unable to fully confirm their status.

Of the estimated 30,000 women working in brothels in the United Kingdom, 17,000 were found to have been migrants from foreign countries.

Of the 2,600 confirmed trafficking victims, 2,200 were from Asia with a majority coming from China.

Source:  Michael Holden, “UK says 2,600 women trafficked to brothels,” Reuters, August 18, 2010.

The Bangladesh Government reported that there were 1,311 women and children who were officially identified as victims of human trafficking in Bangladesh between 2004 to 2010.

The figure is broken down by 730 women and 581 children.

NGO representatives dispute the number, stating that there were much more human trafficking victims than officially reported.

Source: “Human trafficking up, not down: seminar told,” bdnews24.com, August 2, 2010.

In 2007, there were 1,046 kidney transplants in the Philippines. In 2008, the number of transplants declined to 679 as the government banned foreigners from donating their kidneys in a bid to stop organ trafficking.

Nearly one person in the Philippines, or 7,000 people a year, die each year from renal failure in the country.

Source: AFP, “Philippines claims success on organ trafficking,” Google News, July 27, 2010.

80 percent of young beggars in the streets of Thailand have come from Cambodia.

The young beggars, ranging in age from newborn babies to 12 year olds, generally work between 8 to 12 hours a day and earn between $9 to $31 (300 to 1,000 Thai Baht). Child beggars are often the victims of human trafficking.

Source: “Stop giving to beggars, says foundation,” Bangkok Post, July 27, 2010.