Title: Human Sex Trafficking — LEB
Headings: Human Sex Trafficking
Human Sex Trafficking
HUMAN SEX TRAFFICKING
The Scope
The Operation
NATIONAL PROBLEM WITH LOCAL TIES
The Federal Level
The Local Level
“The United States not only faces an influx of international victims but also has its own homegrown problem of interstate sex trafficking of minors.”
Anytown, USA
“Local and state criminal justice officials must understand that these cases are not isolated incidents that occur infrequently.”
INVESTIGATION OF HUMAN SEX TRAFFICKING
Strategies
Patrol Officers
Detectives/Investigators
Other Considerations
“Traffickers represent every social, ethnic, and racial group.”
CONCLUSION
Endnotes
“Today, the business of human sex trafficking is much more organized and violent.”

Content: this is human sex trafficking. The Scope
Not only is human sex trafficking slavery but it is big business. It is the fastest-growing business of organized crime and the third-largest criminal enterprise in the world. 2 The majority of sex trafficking is international, with victims taken from such places as South and Southeast Asia, the former Soviet Union, Central and South America, and other less developed areas and moved to more developed ones, including Asia, the Middle East, Western Europe, and North America. 3
Unfortunately, however, sex trafficking also occurs domestically. 4 The United States not only faces an influx of international victims but also has its own homegrown problem of interstate sex trafficking of minors. 5
Although comprehensive research to document the number of children engaged in prostitution in the United States is lacking, an estimated 293,000 American youths currently are at risk of becoming victims of commercial sexual exploitation. 6 The majority of these victims are runaway or thrown-away youths who live on the streets and become victims of prostitution. 7 These children generally come from homes where they have been abused or from families who have abandoned them. Often, they become involved in prostitution to support themselves financially or to get the things they feel they need or want (like drugs).