It is estimated that 457 women & girls are trafficked every hour... this is the story of ONE
- 800,000 people are trafficked across international boarders every year
- All Katja wanted to do was go to Greece and work for 6 months and return to her country to finish her education
- when she arrived, her passport was taken and she was threatened to do prostitution or her family would be killed and her bones would be broken
- 99% of the victims never escape
- In order to cope with this, Katja drank to the point where she didn't have any idea who she was and where she was
- Victims of sex trafficking are forced to service up to 40 clients a day
- After being trafficked for two years, Katja finally found her freedom... The A21 campaign
- She was able to sleep again and be able to feel some type of hope for her future
- 63% of human trafficking convictions in Greece in 2012 were cases WON by A21 lawyersTraffickers tried by A21 lawyers get an average of 15.5 years in prison and fines approximately $75,000