Sexual+Slavery+and+Human+Trafficking+in+U.S.

Sex trafficking or forced prostitution may be well known to people as an issue countries in Asia and Africa are having problems controlling, but what some people don't know is that it is an underground problem that is occuring in the United States as we speak.


 * For years sex trafficking cases have been labeled prostitution, even if a minor is being forced into prostitution.


 * In the U.S. anyone can be sex trafficking no matter where they live, what their age is, or if they are a runaway or not.


 * Sometime's women or children from other countries are taken by pimps into the country, but most are kidnapped or coerced into the business.


 * At major events there is a spike in sex trafficking the the city the event is occurring in, for example at the 2009 Superbowl in Tampa, Florida there were extra officers and agents to arrest and rescue trafficked people.


 * The organization End Child Prostitution and Trafficking or ECPAT is trying to urge hotels to look out for the signs of pimps taking trafficked children or women into hotels and to put anti-trafficking signs in their hotel rooms, but many hotels are reluctant to because that will deter guests from staying at the hotel because they think sex trafficking is a frequent occurrence there, when in reality it is not a common occurrence in many hotels.


 * St. Louis, Missouri is the nation's hub for sex trafficking.

[] This article explains that sex trafficking occurs more frequently at large events(such as the superbowl) where more children are trafficked to the area where the event is occurring.

[] This article explains what is happening in St. Louis, the United States' national hub for sex trafficking. It also explains what is being done in the U.S. to stop sex trafficking.


 * Sex trafficking is illegal in the U.S. but as many know that does not nessecarily mean the issue will disappear.

-Kylie