Trafficking
Emily Trussell, Sexual Assault Services
Coordinator
Kirstin Heydel, Youth Services
Coordinator
Mid-Valley Women’s Crisis Service
Human Trafficking
Definition
Sex
Trafficking
Labor Trafficking
Definitions
Sex Trafficking: a commercial sex act that is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act has not attained 18 years of age.
TVPA 2000
Definitions
Commercial sex act means any sex act on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any person.
- Prostitution
- Erotic/nude massage - Exotic dancing - Escort services
- Pornography
- Phone sex lines
Definitions
CSEC: Sexual activity involving a minor through buying, trading, or selling their sexual services.
DMST: Commercial sexual exploitation involving U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents who are under 18 years of age at the time of victimization.
Common
Pimp
Boyfriend / Daddy
Terminology
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John
Tricks
Stable
Track
Bottom bitch
The Life
Squaring Up
Turn Out
Bodyguard / Looker
Sex Trafficking in
Numbers
Portland has the largest sex industry per
capita in the country
Average age of entry to pornography is
12.
Average age of entry to prostitution for girls is12. For boys and transgender youth, the average age is 11 to13.
Portland police encounter an average of
5 sex trafficking cases a week
Sex Trafficking in
Numbers
There is an estimated 24,000 homeless
youth in Oregon at any given time.
1 out of 3 teens on the street will be lured toward prostitution within 48 hours of leaving home
Of the victims working with advocates in
Portland from 2008-2009, only one minor victim did not admit to having a pimp. National Trafficking Routes
WHY IS THERE
A DEMAND?
Who are the consumers or
“Johns”?
Buyers can be all ages, ethnicities and represent a variety of social and economic backgrounds
Buyers are equally responsible for the crime of sex