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In honor of National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, January 11, 2012- Ransom Paid Apparel has marked all t-shirts down to just $10!
$5 from every t-shirt goes to International Justice Mission, the leading organization fighting human trafficking around the world.
Help us raise awareness for this heart-breaking issue and raise money for this incredible organization! Sale going on through the end of day January 11th, 2012.
FACTS ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING
-After drug dealing, human trafficking (both sex trafficking and
trafficking for forced labor) is tied with the illegal arms industry as the second largest criminal industry in the world today, and it is the fastest growing. (U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services)
-Worldwide, there are nearly two million children in
the commercial sex trade. (UNICEF)
-There are an estimated 600,000 to 800,000 children, women and men trafficked across international borders annually. (U.S. Department of State)
-Approximately 80 percent of human trafficking victims are women and girls, and up to 50 percent are minors. (U.S. Department of State)
-The total market value of illicit human trafficking is
estimated to be in excess of $32 billion. (U.N.)
-Sex trafficking is an engine of the global AIDS epidemic.
(U.S. Department of State)
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