Every 30 seconds, a little child is inducted into slavery. A drug can only be sold once, but a person can be sold over and over again in the same night, that is why trafficking has become the 2nd most profitable illegal activity in the world.
Multiply that number by the estimated 27 million victims of human trafficking that live in every major city across the world, and we see a picture of suffering on a magnitude too staggering to comprehend.
- Human trafficking is a $10 billion+ growth industry with conservative estimates ranging from 700,000 to 2 million people – primarily women and children – trafficked into prostitution and slavery annually.
- Human trafficking is the third largest criminal business worldwide, after trafficking in drugs and weapons.
- For traffickers it has been a high profit, low risk enterprise. Laws against trafficking in persons do not exist or are not enforced in many countries.
- The most common form of human trafficking (79%) is sexual exploitation. The victims of sexual exploitation are predominantly women and girls.
- In 30% of the countries which provide information on the gender of traffickers, women make up the largest proportion of traffickers. In some parts of the world, women trafficking women is the norm.
- Worldwide, almost 20% of all trafficking victims are children. However, in some parts of Africa and the Mekong region, children are the majority (up to 100% in parts of West Africa).
Can you see why many ask,- “has humanity has lost it’s humanity?”
Our response is a resounding NO!
Please support Eric Proffitt as he runs 500 miles in chains from London, to Bristol, to Liverpool, to this year’s FREEDOM FESTIVAL in Kingston-Upon-Hull is to help rescue victims of trafficking, prevent future exploitation, and to stop the demand for modern slavery. During this 27 day journey Eric will be joined by Theresa Flores, a trafficking survivor, as a guest speaker, and together they will use music and personal experiences to motivate the world to END SLAVERY! Beginning at the graveside of abolitionist hero William Wilberforce, Eric will run across the country until he reaches the birth city of William, where he is scheduled to be a key presenter at the Freedom Festival.
This extreme marathon event is about awareness, consumer responsibility, and of course funding!
it is about triggering a tipping point whereby people all over the world become involved in the abolition of modern slavery.
Visit http://www.ericproffitt.com to see how you fit into the solution!



June 17, 2009 at 6:33 pm
Thanks for writing about what Eric is doing. Human trafficking is an enormous problem throughout the world. Yesterday the State Department released the annual Trafficking in Persons report. You can read it at http://tinyurl.com/naye3v.
June 18, 2009 at 10:40 am
Beautiful, thank you for sharing!