We always hear about human trafficking. Yet, somehow, it seems we’ve gone calloused and looked at it as something so detached from our reality. The human trafficking statistics I am about to share are shocking.

However, somewhere out there, real people are suffering and are going through this exact situation.

Victims are either taken forcibly or with consent and are forced to get into sexual acts against their own will.  But the bottom line is that these people lose their human rights.

Some of the human trafficking statistics that will help you understand the magnitude of this problem.

There are 27 million people serving as slaves in today’s modern world, as of 2007. Who would think that slavery still exists in this modern world, statistics will prove so..

They comprise 80% of the total number of people being trafficked.

An estimated 30% of these victims will have a chance to encounter health care professionals during their bondage and no one will be able to tell or know that they are victims of such.

As an organized crime, the revenue in this industry runs to around 32 billion every year. The biggest chunk of 15.5 million coming from the slaves or forced labor servants in industrialized countries.

No matter how far the problem may seem to be from our experience, the facts stated above is the sad face of human trafficking.

It may not be that simple to end this situation because poverty or economic problems is the root cause of human trafficking. But not taking any actions will definitely put more women, men and children at risk of becoming targets; thereby, putting their lives on hold.

Article by Michael Bradley, he also owns an online christian bookstore specializing in church supplies.

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Madonna told her, ‘Keep them close when you’re on the road. I have always taken my kids on the road with me. It’s a life they learn to accept, as long as they’re with their mom. You want to look back on those years and know they are with you. They’ll look back on these years too and they’ll be very glad to have those memories.’ “

Britney – who is accompanied on her ‘Britney Spears Presents the Circus’ tour by her sons and ex-husband Kevin Federline, who has primary custody of the children – agreed with her mentor’s view and hopes them seeing what she does first-hand will impress them.

Britney, 27, said: “I do think it’s all about history. What we as mothers are doing is creating this history with our kids that we can look back on and say, ‘Yeah, that was hard. But it was fun because we did it together.’ When they’re adults I want my kids to say, ‘Wow, my mom was working hard but she was there for us.’ “

However, there are some parts of her show which the ‘Womanizer’ star won’t allow her boys to see.

An insider explained to Britain’s Hello! magazine: “She wants them around all the time. Except maybe not for the parts of the show she thinks are too suggestive. A couple of times along the way Britney’s mother Lynne has taken the boys out of the arena when the show gets a little outrageous.”

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