“Some girls are beaten to death by us. They are so young. They have scars worse than anything I've ever endured. (Mom 166). Around the world, traffickers force and kidnap women and children into the sex trade. Traffickers then trade and sell these women for sexual exploitation (Mace Venneberg and Amell 336). At any given time, up to 20 million people are involved in the global sex trade (Nawyn, Birdal, and Glogower 56). Although sex trafficking is recognized as a problem worldwide, it continues to become even more extreme. Anyone, from anywhere, could be taken and sold into slavery. In countries like Cambodia and Thailand, girls can be as young as five or six years old when they enter the sex industry (Chung 484; Mam 62). Statistics show that 80% of sex slaves are women and 50% are children (Mace, Venneberg, and Amell 338). “It can be predicted that at least 1 in 40 girls born in Cambodia will be sold into sexual slavery” (Mam 1). This number is alarming and continues to grow. There are several human rights activist groups and global organizations attempting to stop trafficking; however, more efforts can always be made to help women and children around the world. Global organizations should do more to help women and children in the sex industry; no person should endure rape, torture or humiliating servitude. Somaly Mam experienced a horrible start to life at an early age. The mother knows what it means to be a slave and tells it in her novel. The novel, The Road to Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine, written by Somaly Mam, tells the extraordinary story of a woman who had everything taken away from her in one moment... halfway... . ...and James W. Amell. “Human Trafficking: Integrating Human Resource Development Toward a Solution.” Advances in Human Resource Development 14.3 (2012): 333-344. Business origination completed. Network. April 21, 2014. .Well, Megan. “Trafficking of Ethnic Minorities in Thailand: Forced Prostitution and the Perpetuation of Marginality.” Undercurrent 8.2 (2011): 65-72. Academic research completed. Network. May 5, 2014. < http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.gatekeeper2.lindenwood.edu /ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=18&sid=4b45ef9c-7e80-4adf-9ed2-5e3b6297a41c% 40sessionmgr4003&hid=4205>. Mam, Somalia. The Road to Lost Innocence: The True Story of a Cambodian Heroine. Spiegel & Grau Publishing, 2008. Print.