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What is Sex Trafficking?

What is Sex Trafficking?. Sex trafficking occurs when a person is induced to perform a commercial sex act* through the use of force, fraud or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform the act is under 18.

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What is Sex Trafficking?

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  1. What is Sex Trafficking? Sex trafficking occurs when a person is induced to perform a commercial sex act* through the use of force, fraud or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform the act is under 18. *This sex act can be exchanged for anything of value including food, shelter or money.

  2. Quick Facts • 100K minors in America are victimized in the commercial sex industry every year • Most are recruited from ages 12-14 years • Traffickers prey on vulnerable youth: • Histories of abuse • Runaway, homeless, throwaway • Lonely or disconnected

  3. Misidentification of Victims • Most minor victims remain unidentified • They are often mislabeled or charged with delinquent offenses • Common ideologies: • Prostitute/slut/promiscuous • Gang member/juvenile delinquent • Runaway/Truant • Always female

  4. In order to understand the issue, we have to understand the victims. They could be anybody’s daughter, niece, cousin, friend, or neighbor.

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