Pregnant women are increasingly being trafficked for their newborns

• UNICEF estimates that 300,000 children younger than 18 are currently trafficked to serve in armed conflicts worldwide.
• According to a 2009 Washington Times article, the Taliban buys
• children as young as seven years old to act as suicide bombers. The price for child suicide bombers is between $7,000-$14,000
• Human traffickers are increasingly trafficking pregnant women for their newborns. Babies are sold on the black market, where the profit is divided between the traffickers, doctors, lawyers, border officials, and others. The mother is usually paid less than what is promised her, citing the cost of travel and creating false documents. A mother might receive as little as a few hundred dollars for her baby
• An estimated 30,000 victims of sex trafficking die each year from abuse, disease, torture, and neglect. Eighty percent of those sold into sexual slavery are under 24, and some are as young as six years old