Title: Sex Trafficking Definition
Headings: Sex Trafficking Definition:
Duhaime's Law Dictionary
Sex Trafficking Definition:
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Content: When a child (under 18 years of age) is induced to perform a commercial sex act, proving force, fraud, or coercion against their pimp is not necessary for the offense to be characterized as human trafficking. There are no exceptions to this rule: no cultural or socioeconomic rationalizations should prevent the rescue of children from sexual servitude. The use of children in the commercial sex trade is prohibited both under U.S. law and by statute in most countries around the world. Sex trafficking has devastating consequences for minors, including long-lasting physical and psychological trauma, disease (including HIV/AIDS), drug addiction, unwanted pregnancy, malnutrition, social ostracism, and even death." Writing in the Tulane Journal of International Comparative Law, Jennifer Mandel wrote that sex trafficking: ".... also occurs when women or girls are forced into continuing prostitution through the use of unlawful debt purportedly incurred through their transportation, recruitment, or even their crude sale - which exploiters insist they must pay off before they can be free. Initial consent is largely irrelevant in determining whether prostitution constitutes sex
trafficking or bondage; the participants are considered trafficking victims if they are at all held in service through psychological manipulation or physical force following the initial consent." REFERENCES: