Demonstrators in Keene, New Hampshire, gather at a Save the Children Rally to protest child sex trafficking and pedophilia around the world, on September 19, 2020. | AFP via Getty Images/Joseph Prezioso
More people toil in slavery around the world than most Americans realize as there are currently 40 million people enslaved, enough to fill every NFL stadium 20 times, according to International Justice Mission.
“Every day, countless people are trafficked into slavery, as slave owners make a profit off their vulnerability,” IJM National Director of Church Mobilization Katelyn Curran told The Christian Post. “People in poverty are uniquely vulnerable to this violence because while their wealthier neighbors can pay for security and safety, they cannot. Force, fraud and coercion are key ways traffickers trick and lure those in poverty into false debt and bonded labor.”