The International Labor Organization and the United States Department of State reported in June 2012 that there were about 20.9 million people around the world who are victims of human trafficking.
In its annual Trafficking in Persons report, the State Department reported that 14.2 million people are victims of labor exploitation, 4.5 million people are sexually exploited, and 2.2 million people are forced to work as slaves.
Asia has the most human trafficking victims with 11.7 million, followed by Africa with 3.7 million, the Americas with 1.8 million, Central and with 1.6 million, North America, Europe and Australia with 1.5 million, and the Middle East with 600,000.
Source: Ian Johnston, “42,000 modern-day slaves rescued but millions in bondage, trafficking report says,” msnbc, June 20, 2012.
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