In U.S. federal investigations of human trafficking between 2008 and 2010, task forces investigated both labor trafficking and sex trafficking cases. Of the suspected incidents about 8 in 10 were classified as sex trafficking. In confirmed cases of sex trafficking, 87 percent of the victims were under age 25, compared with only 38 percent of labor trafficking victims.
In U.S. federal investigations of human trafficking between 2008 and 2010, task forces investigated both labor trafficking and sex trafficking cases. Of the suspected incidents about 8 in 10 were classified as sex trafficking. In confirmed cases of sex trafficking, 87 percent of the victims were under age 25, compared with only 38 percent of labor trafficking victims.