Officials are estimating that 40,000 prostitutes will head towards South Africa to work during the 2010 World Cup.

South African officials are striving to obtain 1 billion condoms to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, where an estimated 50 percent of all domestic sex workers are infected.

450,000 foreigners are expected to attend the World Cup.

Sources:
Joe Tacopino, “40,000 prostitutes bound for South Africa for the 2010 World Cup, officials warn,” New York Daily News, March 6, 2010.
“UK gives South Africa millions of condoms,” BBC News, March 9, 2010.

According to a hearing in the United States Senate, US Senator Richard Durbin stated that an estimated 100,000 children fall victim to sex trafficking in the United States each year.

The Senator further stated that the  average age that a girl enters prostitution in the United States is 13.

Source: Richard Durbin, “In Our Own Backyard: Child Prostitution and Sex Trafficking in the United States,” Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, February 24, 2010.

Between 60,000 to 100,000 children are estimated to be working in the sex industry in the Philippines, according to the International Labor Organization.

Source: David Challenger, “Filipino group helps women find life outside of trafficking,” CNN, February 22, 2010.

There are an estimated 1,000 prostitutes working in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Source:  Karen Dion, “Red Light, ” Honolulu Weekly, February 10, 2010.

A task force in Ohio reported that up to 800 immigrants are trafficked into Ohio each year and are forced to work in the sex trade or in sweatshops.

Source:  Associated Press, “Report: Hundreds forced into labor, sex in Ohio,” Washington Post, February 10, 2010.

According to the AFP, there are about 500 prostitutes working in Vancouver, Canada.

Source:  AFP, “Vancouver’s poor – dark side of the Games,” Google News, February 10, 2010.

During the 2009 Super Bowl in Tampa between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals, Florida officials rescued 24 children who were working as prostitutes during the event.

Source:  Carol Marbin and Jennifer Lebovich, “Volunteers hope to rescue child prostitutes during Super Bowl week,” Miami Herald, February 5, 2010.

Between 2000 to 2010, the average age of a girl entering the prostitution industry in India was between 10 to 14 years old.  In previous decades, the average age was between 14 to 16 years old.

Source: “‘India becoming hub for child prostitution’,” Times of India, January 30, 2010.

Every day, an estimated 200 girls enter the prostitution industry in India.  20 percent of the girls are under the age of 15.

Source:  “‘India becoming hub for child prostitution’,” Times of India, January 30, 2010.

There is an estimated 80,000 prostitutes working in the United Kingdom. Two-thirds of the women are migrants, with most originating from Lithuania, Thailand and Poland.

Source:  David Charter, “Romanian prostitutes flee to Western EU to escape tough laws,” The Times, January 23, 2010.