Procuring (prostitution)
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Procuring, pimping, or pandering is the facilitation or provision of a prostitute or other sex worker in the arrangement of a sex act with a customer. A procurer, often called a pimp if male, or a pro
The Procuress by Jan Vermeer
Pandarus, centre, with Cressida, illustration by Thomas Kirk to Troilus and Cressida
The White Slave statue by Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, location unknown
The Procuress by Dirck van Baburen, 1622
Sex trafficking
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Sex trafficking is human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Perpetrators of the crime are called sex traffickers or sometimes pimps—people who manipulate victims to engage in various
Procuring (prostitution)
…prostitution, the legality of certain actions of a madam or a pimp varies from one region to the next. Examples of procuring include: helping to support trafficking a person into a country for the purpose of soliciting sex; operating a business where prostitution occurs; transporting a prostitute to the location…
Abbreviated version of the Power and Control Wheel
Louise Slaughter testified at a Ways & Means Human Resources Subcommittee hearing on October 23, 2013. She testified in strong support of a bill she co-sponsored with Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN) that addressed the high rate of children in foster care being recruited into sex trafficking within the United States.