Human Trafficking
Human trafficking earns around $150 billion in forced labor, marriage, prostitution, marriage, and even organ removal. The number of people forced into this trade is between 20 million and 40 million. Only 0.04% of human trafficking survivors are discovered.
Sex Trafficking
Sex trafficking earns $99 billion of the $150 billion of the human trafficking network. Globally, girls and women account for 71% of the of human trafficking which is generally a cruel life of forced prositution.
This crime industry not only funds criminal empires to do more of the same, but if also destroys countless lives in the process.
Weapon Trafficking
Arms dealing is one of the most prominent ways for these crime organizations generate their revenue. Most of the weapon trafficking flows can be traced back to Northern America, Europe, and Western Asia.
The weapons trade is estimated to make over $1 billion annually, but this trade is not always about the trade. This is also a show of power for crime organizations and these guns are used to carry out a multitude of different crimes.
Drug Trafficking
Drug Trafficking is the backbone of revenue generation for many crime organizations. Money laundering and drug trafficking have always gone hand-in-hand. The effects from this trade can be devastating.
Drug trafficking brings in a huge revenue stream for organized crime estimated at $360 billion a year. While the in the US alone $181 billion is spent on health care due to drug addiction.
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