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First recording of slaves arriving in North American-Jamestown, VA
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Decade of greatest importation of African slaves into U.S., totaling approximately 200,000
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Estimated numbers of 50,000 to 100,000 women and children trafficked in the US
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Trafficking becomes a felony- Washington enacts the nation’s first state human trafficking criminal statue
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The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, entered into force.
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$32 billion – Total yearly profits generated by the human trafficking industry.
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There were only 5,808 prosecutions and 3,160 convictions of traffickers throughout the world.
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27 million – Number of people in modern-day slavery across the world.
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President Obama declares January as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
