Title: Sex Trafficking Definition
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Duhaime's Law Dictionary
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Content: Sex trafficking is a growing scourge of humanity and its watchdog, the law. Coercion is the criminal motor behind sex trafficking and may take a variety of forms such as a promised marriage, prospective care of the victims' family members, and even the immigration of the victim to another country. Another well-versed form is to offer the victim or her family accommodation or services and to then demand rent repayment of those services, which, according to the trafficker, can only be repaid by the prostitution of the young, female family member. "Uneducated, marginalized, and discriminated against, these women may be lured by traffickers promising employment opportunities abroad. Regardless of socioeconomic status, Indian women may also be tricked into trafficking by individuals offering sightseeing or adventure tours or a trip to Muslim holy places. Some women are tricked into leaving home through love or friendship and others are kidnapped. Once captured, these women are forced into labor or sexually exploited.... Victims generally come from rural areas or urban slums and have very little education or are illiterate." 1
The Government of the United States offers a description of sex trafficking under the headline The Face of Modern Slavery as follows (and offering a definition of child sex trafficking): " Sex Trafficking: When an adult is coerced, forced, or deceived into prostitution—or maintained in prostitution through one of these means after initially consenting—that person is a victim of trafficking.