2. Introduction
 Right in our backyard, the
trucking industry, forced and
unforced prostitution, and
runaway children and
adolescents are fueling the
demand for sex trafficking.
 Sex trafficking has no age
limitation, gender
requirement, or cultural
diversity.
 The deals of a human being
prostituted and transported
around the world is unreal and
unheard of.
 Our reality comes to life
when we are places in
those areas where sex
trafficking has occurred.
 In the past months we
have been exposed to
sex trafficking when
reading Half the Sky.
 The following research
will explore how girls are
being transported,
prostituted, and how
they become victims of
sex trafficking.

3. Victims of Sex Trafficking
• Subject to an amount of control and
oppression
• Sex traffickers:
–Violence
–Threats
–Lies
–False promises

4. Prostitution
• Not only an international problem
• U.S. has a $9.8 billion sex
trafficking industry
• At least 100,000 children are used
as prostitutes each year

5. Prostitution
• Includes more than just sex trafficking
–Physical abuse
–Attempted murder
–Abuse by police
• Hawaii law

6. Runaway Children &
Adolescents are Often the
Victims of Sex Trafficking
Atkinson, 2014

7. McClain & Garrity, 2011

8. Ways People Are
Trafficked
• Born into slavery
• Kidnapped, sold or
physically forced
• Tricked
Reasons People
Remain Victims
• Fear
• Lack of knowledge
about alternatives
• Isolation
• Physical & psychological
confinement
(Logan, Walker & Hunt, 2009)

9. Atkinson, 2014; McClain & Garrity, 2011
“Delinquent” “Troubled” “Throwaway”

10. Two Types of Pimping
1. Finesse
2. Guerrilla
79%
McClain & Garrity, 2011

11. What can you buy with $70?
Atkinson, 2014

12. • 12.3 Million
people worldwide
effected by
human trafficking
•15,000 to 60,000 estimated people
are trafficked into U.S annually
How does the trucking and
transportation industry effect this?

15. Conclusion

16. References
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