$32 BILLION IN PROFITS
“Business is in itself a power.” – Garet Garrett
Most everything in our world is a matter of business: the process of making money. The same is true of Human Trafficking – it’s all about the dollar signs. Human Trafficking is a market-based economy that exists on principles of supply and demand. It thrives due to conditions that allow for high profits to be generated at low risk (cit. Polaris Project). The business of buying, selling, and abusing human beings just happens to be extremely profitable, bringing in $32 billion annually, more than Nike, Google, and Starbucks. That makes it the second most profitable criminal industry in the world.
