guitar strings. Tattoos for enslaved prostitutes Forced and enslaved prostitutes are often tattooed or branded with a mark of their pimps. Women and girls being forced into prostitution against their will may have their pimps' name or gang symbol inked or branded with a hot iron on their skin. In some organizations involved with the trafficking of women and girls, like the mafias, nearly all prostitutes are marked. Some pimps and organizations use their name or well-known logo, while others use secret signs. In the past, the branding mark was usually small, sometimes hidden between the labia minora. Today some pimps write their names in big letters all upon the body of the victim. See also Barrio Azteca 18th Street Gang Drug cartel Gang signal Human branding HWDP, Polish anti-Police acronym List of Chinese criminal organizations List of criminal enterprises, gangs and syndicates MS-13 Organized crime Russian mafia Tong (organization) Triad (underground society) Yakuza Aryan Brotherhood References Citations Other sources Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia Volume I Danzig Baldaev, Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia Volume II Danzig Baldaev, Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia Volume III Danzig Baldaev, Russian Prison Tattoos: Codes of Authority, Domination and Struggle Alix Lambert, Further reading By, N. B. (1992, Jul 29). Russian convicts use body language of their very own --- prison tattoos spell out lives of crime and establish the hierarchy of inmates. Wall Street Journal. Glover, S. (1997, Oct 18). A marked man from tattoo to taps; violence: Out of jail and 35, Robert Torres was ready for a fresh start, but a gang insignia betrayed him. Los Angeles Times. Lina Goldberg, Gang Tattoos: Signs of Belonging and the Transience of Signs Hiatt, F. (1993, Aug 23). Gulag no longer, but still the lower depths; for many of the 1 million Russian prisoners, life inside is `Equal to torture'. The Washington Post (Pre-1997 Fulltext). Top tattoos, Williams, D. (2000, May 29). Russia journal; prison gave an artist career in the skin trade. The Washington Post. Wahlstedt, E. (2010). "Tattoos and criminality: a study on the origins and uses of tattoos in criminal subcultures" Gangs Secret societies related to organized crime Tattooing traditions