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600,000-800,000: Number of people annually trafficked across national borders to be coerced or forced into slavery.

$8 billion-$9 billion: UN estimate of amount generated annually in the human trafficking industry.

45,000-50,000: CIA estimate of number of women and children brought against their will to the U.S. to work.

Sources: various Web sites

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