Title: Types of Sex Trafficking – The Bakhita Foundation
Headings: Types of Sex Trafficking
Types of Sex Trafficking
Pimp Controlled Trafficking
Gang Controlled Trafficking
Family Controlled Trafficking
Know The Signs
Report Suspected Trafficking

Content: Pimps are men or women who recruit human beings into the sex industry and “manage” commercial sex transactions and profit from them. Pimps pride themselves on tricking their victims into selling their bodies for money and thinking that they have freely chosen to do it. The reality is quite different. Though at times pimps can be violent, many control their victims through invisible threads of manipulation and intimidation. A “lover boy” or “romeo” pimp traps his victim and recruits them into the life by maintaining a facade of romantic attraction. Victims usually fall in love very quickly with their “boyfriend” posing pimp. He buys her expensive things like brand name shoes, purses, or jewelry. He often gets her hair and nails done and buys her clothing. He paints a romantic dream of a beautiful life together where they will never have any money troubles and everything will be perfect. Perhaps he promises that they are getting married and having children.