[Stop-traffic] Trafficking Statistics

[Andrea Powell]

Dear Mr. Gellerman,
My name is Andrea Powell, and I am co-Director of a Boston-based 
organization, FAIR Fund.  We work in the area of women's rights and 
civil society development.  As far as I know, the US State Department 
gives the figure 900,000 each year worldwide.  Of that, they estimate 
that about 100,000 might be trafficked into the United States.  I think 
it is terribly difficult to verify the statistics considering victims 
are generally not willing or able to come forward with information.  I 
know that the International Organization for Migration did a survey in 
Armenia in 2001 that had close to 1,000 women and girls being 
trafficked every year from Armenia.  They based that on a survey of 
about 40 women.  I hope that will help you in your search for more 
trafficking information.
Best regards,
Andrea Powell
On Wednesday, January 21, 2004, at 01:58 PM, Bruce Gellerman wrote:

> I am trying to learn the origin of the fact/figure; "700,000
> people are sex trafficked each year"
> Does anyone know who originally came up with it and how the
> number was derived?
> Thanks,
>
> Bruce Gellerman
> 21 Hall Avenue
> Watertown, MA 02472-1226
> 617.926.3332
> bgellerman@rcn.com
>
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Andrea Powell
FAIR FUND, Inc
www.fairfund.org
apowell@fairfund.org
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