To browse Academia. The author s shown below used Federal funds provided by the U. Department of Justice and prepared the following final report:. Michael Shively. Donna M Hughes , Janice G. This study was the first to research both contemporary international and domestic trafficking of women for sexual exploitation in the United States and to include primary research information from interviews with trafficked and prostituted women in the sex industry.
Telephone and personal interviews were conducted with people who had experience with or knowledge of sex trafficking in the United States. This data collection consists of the verbatim questions and responses in data files from the following groups of individuals who were interviewed: 1 international and United States women who had been or were in the sex industry in the United States, 2 law enforcement officials who had experience and expertise in sex-industry related cases or immigration, 3 social service workers who provided services to women in prostitution or might have come into contact with women from the sex industry and those providing services to immigrant populations, and 4 health care workers who provided services to women in prostitution or who may have come into contact with women in the sex industry.
Michelle Rogerson. Donna M Hughes. Marianne Sarkis. Human trafficking in all its forms is a violent violation of human rights against those who are most vulnerable in societies. It is one of the most rapidly expanding coordinated industries. Human trafficking, also known as Trafficking in Persons TIP , involves the exploitation of individuals for labor or sexual exploitation by force, fraud, or coercion, in a way that directly benefits a third party.
Victims are vulnerable to being trafficked because of their socio-economic and safety conditions. Because of internet coordination, trafficking has become one of the most successful global illicit trades, surpassing gun and drug trafficking.
This is because traffickers are able to maximize profits by selling a girl or woman repeatedly. Sexual exploitation, a type of human trafficking, is when an individual is engaged in sex for a fee as a result of force, coercion, or fraud.
