Friday, November 22, 2013
The mission of the coalition is to create awareness of human trafficking through education and work with law enforcement.
Human trafficking facts:
80 percent of victims in the sex industry are female, and more than 50 percent are children.
An estimated 1,000 Ohio-born children become victims every year.
In Ohio, 88 percent of human trafficking involves sex slavery, and 84 percent of the victims are Ohio-born.
Source: North East Ohio Coalition on Rescue and Restore.