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.

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.

UNICEF estimates that there are 250,000 child prostitutes in Brazil.

Source:  Chris Rogers, “Brazil’s sex tourism boom,” BBC News, July 30, 2010.

The percentage of men in Bulgaria who are believed to be customers of prostitutes is estimated to be 6 percent of males aged 15 to 64.

In 2009, the average price paid for a sex act was $25 (40 Bulgarian Leva). The fee was down from the $37 (60 Bulgarian Leva) paid prior to the world economic crisis.

Source:  Clive Leviev-Sawyer, “The political economy of prostitution,” Sofia Echo, June 18, 2010.

According to reports mentioned by the US State Department, 90 percent of prostitutes working in the prostitution industry in Spain are forced to work as prostitutes.

Source:  US Department of State, “Country Narratives: Spain,” Trafficking in Persons Report 2010, June 2010.

The US State Department reported that of all the prostitutes working in the legal prostitution industry in New Zealand, 1.3 percent of prostitutes are children.

Source: US Department of State, “Country Narratives: New Zealand,” Trafficking in Persons Report 2010, June 2010.

90 percent of women aged 15 to 35 working in the prostitution trade in Bangladesh use steroids in order to appear more attractive to customers.

Source:  US Department of State, “Country Narrative: Banladesh,” Trafficking in Persons Report 2010, June 2010.

According to available estimates, there are between 6 million to 12 million women working in the prostitution industry in China.

Source:  AFP, “China syphilis infections up 30% each year: report,” Google News, June 12, 2010.

The main source country of women who are trafficked into Australia is Thailand, South Korea, Indonesia and Malaysia.

The top two cities where women are trafficked for sex in Australia is Sydney and Melbourne.

Source:  Farah Farouque, “Human trafficking not just for sex,” The Age, June 9, 2010.

There are an estimated 1,200 prostitutes in the South African city of Cape Town.

Source: “World Cup prostitution sparks HIV concerns, legalization debate,” Deutsche Welle, June 6, 2010.