Approximately twelve million children aged ten to fourteen are victims of (human) trafficking each year. Approximately 600,000 to 800,000 people are victims of trafficking in Ivory Coast alone, more than seventy percent are women and half of them are children (Do Something). In Ivory Coast, on the African continent, children are exchanged to work as prostitutes, beggars and work on construction sites; some are even sold into forced (human) marriages. Human trafficking is becoming a growing trend not only in third world countries, such as Africa, but also in the United States. Human trafficking is becoming an intercontinental setback that lawmakers and global citizens should not ignore. Human trafficking goes by many names, slavery, sexual captivity, and labor slavery, but most people don't consider the concerns of the families and children who are victims. involved in human trafficking. The dictionary describes human trafficking as “the illegal practice of recruiting or trading in human beings for the purpose of prostitution, forced labor, or other forms of exploitation.” (Shravan). The average teenager enters the sex trade between the ages of twelve and fourteen (Do Something). Most teenagers don't have to worry about whether or not this will be their last day at home. Most teenagers don't have to think about the consequences if they leave home for fear that someone will snatch them from the street. Approximately eighty percent of trafficking involves sexual exploitation and nineteen percent involves labor exploitation (Do Something). If someone averaged these statistics across ten people, eight people would be sexually exploited almost every day, while two people would be sent to mines, fields,...... middle of paper .... ..itedBIBLOGRAPHYShravan, G. The New York Times Company., 2012. 0..., ed. Ivory Coast (level 2 watch list). No. Internet. December 19, 2013..., ed. What is human trafficking. No. Internet. December 17, 2013..., ed. Human trafficking and modern slavery. No. Internet. December 17, 2013.Do Something.org,.Np. Web December 17, 2013.., ed. “Human trafficking in Africa: a modern-day evil. » Consultancy Africa Intelligence.Consulting Africa Intelligence, September 14, 2009. Web. December 17. 2013..