“Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.”

Human Trafficking is the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the world estimated at $236 Billion

Child sex trafficking is reported in all 50 states

Commercial sexual exploitation is an estimated $150 Billion global industry

75% of victims report being sold online, with an average of 150,000 new escort ads posted daily

The average age of entry into the sex trade is 15 years old, with 1 in 6 victims being under 12 years old

61% of victims were asked to recruit other girls for their trafficker

76% of victims under 10 years old were trafficked by a family member

One in four victims surveyed reported seeing more than 10 buyers per day when advertised online

Only 4% of law enforcement agencies nationwide have dedicated human trafficking personnel

Welcome to escape fulcrum

Human trafficking is a $236 billion global crisis that enslaves 49.6 million people, including 11,193 identified U.S. victims each year, with a heartbreaking 25% being children (ILO, 2024; Polaris, 2024; NHTH, 2024). This scourge fuels $35 billion in untaxed U.S. revenue, empowering cartels, terrorists, and corrupt networks while inflicting $24 billion in healthcare costs and $10 billion in lost productivity (GFI, 2022; NIH, 2023; U.S. Senate, 2023).

Current federal efforts, led by agencies like the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT), FBI, DOJ, and State Department, remain fragmented, reactive, and hindered by intelligence gaps, failing to counter a transnational threat. This is unacceptable—a clear and present danger to the health, safety, and dignity of all American citizens and vulnerable populations worldwide.

Escape Fulcrum was founded to confront this crisis head-on, driven by a bold vision to shift the power balance from traffickers to survivors. As a non-profit organization, we are dedicated to empowering former victims to reclaim their lives through a holistic, survivor-centered approach. Our three-fold mission is to rescue, recover, and reintegrate persons trafficked by force, fraud, or coercion, restoring hope and building futures free from exploitation.