In 2004, the Department of Justice released the shocking statistics that "each year, an estimated 14,500 to 17,500 foreign nationals are trafficked into the United States. The number of U.S. citizens trafficked within the country each year is even higher, with an estimated 200,000 American children at risk for trafficking into the sex industry". A horrifically high number for a heinous crime that plagues our society's most vulnerable members; women and children.