There are over 100,000 slaves in the U.S.A. today

– paraphrase from: Kevin Bales, Understanding Global Slavery.

There are over 27 million slaves in the world today; more than the 400 years of the African slave trade combined.

– paraphrase from: Kevin Bales, Understanding Global Slavery.

"Globally, forced labour [including forced prostitution] generates $31 billion, half of it in the industrialised world, a tenth in transition countries, the International Labour Organization says in a report on forced labour

("A global alliance against forced labour", ILO, 11 May 2005) – found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution.