Data For: Child Trafficking
Child beggers in Thailand
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.
Price of baby girl sold on the black market in Malaysia
According to police in Malaysia, a 23 month old baby girl was being shopped around by child traffickers for the price of $3,120 (10,000 Malaysian Ringgit).
Source: AFP, “Malaysia busts child trafficking syndicate,” Google News, July 18, 2010.
Number of people charged with sex with minors in Thailand
In 2009, authorities in Thailand charged 2,888 people for having sex with minors who were under the age of 15.
Source: Dan Rivers, “Thailand fights to stem tide of child sex tourists,” CNN, July 5, 2010.
Children in New Zealand’s prostitution industry
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.
Number of human trafficking victims in 2009
According to the International Labor Organization, there were 12. 3 million victims of human trafficking in 2009.
The victims were trafficked for sex, labor, debt bondage and to serve as child soldiers.
Profit margin for child trafficker in Ghana
According to a report by CNN, a child trafficker can buy a child from a parent in Ghana for $50. Then, the trafficker can either sell or lease out that child for up to $300, thus making $250 a year.
Source: Richard Lui, “Former child slave fights to end trafficking in Ghana,” CNN, May 19, 2010.
Number of teenage girls found as prostitutes in Georgia
In the US state of Georgia, 500 adolescent girls were discovered by police to be working as prostitutes in hotels, online and on the streets in February 2010. Back in August 2007, 250 girls were discovered.
Number of children trafficked for sex in the United States
An estimated 300,000 to 400,000 children are trafficked by pimps on the streets or on the Internet each year, according to the US Department of Justice.
Runaways at risk of sex trafficking
According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, most runaways will be approached by a sex trafficker within 48 hours of leaving their homes.
Number of prostitutes in the Philippines
There are an estimated 800,000 prostitutes working in the Philippines, with up to half of them underage.


