http://usinfo.state.gov/gi/global_issues/human_trafficking/traffick_report.htmlThe reveiws of it said it mostly discusses other countries. I wonder how the US stacks up against them. (Haven't read the entire thing yet.)
I found this quote from Sage-
A 2001 study funded by the U.S. Department of Justice and conducted by Richard Estes and Neil Weiner of the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work found that there were "at least" 250,000 U.S. children are victims of sexual exploitation each year (in the study's Working Guide to the Empirical Literature, Estes cites a "conservative" range of between 300,000 and 500,000). Approximately 244,000-325,000 youth are at risk of becoming victims of sexual exploitation, according to the report. Many organizations believe the actual numbers to be higher.
http://www.sagesf.org/html/info_statistics.htmHere is a quote from the (2007) report on China-
Domestic trafficking remains the most significant problem in China, with an estimated minimum of 10,000 to 20,000 victims trafficked internally each year. International organizations report that 90 percent are women and children, trafficked primarily from Anhui, Henan, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou Provinces to prosperous provinces along P.R.C.'s east coast for sexual exploitation. While it is difficult to determine if P.R.C.'s male-female birth ratio imbalance, with more males than females, is currently affecting trafficking of women for brides, some experts believe that it has already or may become a contributing factor.
What is the high estimate? I can't for the life of me believe, after all I have heard about trafficking in China, that even their low estimate is that much less than our high estimate. Something must be off here. (The wording of Sage's sources does confuse me some, to be honest)