See those red X’s on my hands? Today is World Day Against Trafficking. Did you know that #humantrafficking is now a $150 Billion a year industry? #slavery still exists today and it’s HORRIFIC. Here are some stats you may not know: 1. Trafficking involves transporting someone into a situation of exploitation. This can include forced labor, marriage, prostitution, and organ removal. This kind of exploitation is known by a few different names -- “human trafficking,” “trafficking of persons,” and “modern slavery” are the ones accepted by the US Department of State. 2. It’s estimated that internationally there are between 20 million and 40 million people in modern slavery today. Assessing the full scope of human trafficking is difficult because cases so often go undetected, something the United Nations refers to as “the hidden figure of crime.” 3. Estimates suggest that, internationally, only about .04% survivors of human trafficking cases are identified, meaning that the vast majority o...