Sources for Statistics

Human Trafficking Institute, 2022, https://traffickinginstitute.org/breaking-down-global-estimates-of-human-trafficking-human-trafficking-awareness-month-2022/

According to a report released in 2021 by the United Nations Office on Drug and Crime. 

Farley,Melissa, Prostitution and Trafficking in Nine Countries: An Update on Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Washington State Office of Attorney General. Human Trafficking | Washington State. 2022.

National Human Trafficking Hotline Statistics for Washington, last updated for 2024.

Polaris Report, Sex Trafficking in the U.S.: A Closer Look at U.S. Citizen Victims