2. "In the vernacular of human trafficking,
Hawaii is a source, destination and
transit location,"
-Nicholas Sensley, a retired California police chief and a global expert on sex
trafficking
3. There are approximately 2,652,000 exchanges of sex for
money in Hawaii each year with an estimated 850 unique
sexual providers working at any given time, and between
1,500 to 2,500 providers in the state each year. -
According to a recent study by IMUAlliance
6. The average age of a sex trafficking
recruit is twelve.
The U.S. State Department estimates
300,000 young people are at risk for
sexploitation every year.
8. “many women are coerced
into working in the sex
industry in their teens, while
others need a way to make
ends meet in the state with
the highest cost of living in
the country. But
unfortunately, even those
forced into the sex industry
are criminalized by the
Hawaii’s prostitution code.”
-Coffield
9. “People see a pimp as someone who obtains customers for
a prostitute. The reality is that they use manipulation,
threats and violence to keep these women from leaving …
Out of fear or a desire to be cared for, hookers protect
their pimps.” -Marcin
10. “Right now because there’s no legal
definition of sex trafficking, they’re not
being identified as sex trafficking victims,”-
-Coffield
11. "There are about 150 brothels on Oahu alone
that we know about (not including those in
private homes). For each brothel, there are
between 3 to 15 girls.
Brothels and Pimps
12. Brothels and Pimps
“Nobody trusts anybody because it’s illegal
and there’s undercover [police], the ability
of these women to work together to protect
themselves from abusive johns is
undermined.” -Ryan
13. “There is no way, really, to know the numbers. When you
think about sex work, you have to think about it in a
bigger context than just what you’re seeing. If you don’t,
you’re going to be deceived.” -Reverend Pam Vessels.
