violence to maintain that control, that they exploit them, make money out of them and that the person just can t walk away. it s impossible for them to walk away. those are the fundamental criteria really of what slavery has always been about through human history. and today slaves are now pretty much everywhere in the world. these are some sobering stats from the united nations gift program. that stands for the global initiative to fight human trafficking. 161 countries are touched by human trafficking either as a source, a transit point or destination, putting that in perspective, there are just over 109 countries in the world. as for who s doing the trafficking? in 54% of cases, the trafficker is a stranger to their victim. in almost 50% of cases, the victim actually knows his or her trafficker. also, 50% of trafficked victims are children and 70% of all traffic victims are female. what s more, most people
the victims of human trafficking and slavery are everywhere. most will fall into the category of forced labor. young boys made to fight someone else s war, women and girls trafficked for sex. human commodities whose tormenters are driven by greed. tina front was forced into prostitution at 13. bound, raped, and held hostage. don t bring home your money, the pimp is going to beat you. reporter: her work that focuses on traffic victims led her to be named as cnn hero in 2007. now at courtney s house here in washington, she helps rebuild one shattered life at a time. victims look like you did when you were a child. that s what a child sex trafficking victim looks like. so when we look at people out on the street and they have all of their make-up on and they re out