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United States

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- Roughly 91% of children in courts for victims of sex-traffiking are African American or Latino
- 50-90% of children who have been victimised by sex traffiking have been part of the social welfare system
- Cases of child sex trafficking have been identified in all 50 states
- Over half of human trafficking incidents in the US involve child sex trafficking
- The average age a child enters protitution in the US is 12-14

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New Zealand

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- 90% of trafficking victims are girls and women
- Ratio of trafficking in the Asia/Pacific region is 3 for every 1000 inhabitants
- New Zealand is one of the most common destination countries for sex trafficking