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
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.
Sexual slavery or sexual exploitation is an attachment of any ownership right over one or more people with the intent of coercing or otherwise forcing them to engage in sexual activities. This include
Sex trafficking
…trafficking (DMST). It has been called a form of modern slavery because of the way victims are forced into sexual acts non-consensually, in a form of sexual slavery. In 2012, the International Labour Organization (ILO) reported 20.9 million people were subjected to forced labor, and 22% (4.5 million) were victims…
The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Nicolas Poussin, Rome, 1637–38 (Louvre Museum)
The Mongol invasion of Hungary. The Mongols, with captured women, are on the left, the Hungarians, with one saved woman, on the right.
Statue entitled The White Slave by Abastenia St. Leger Eberle, a controversial sculpture meant to depict modern western sexual enslavement
Rangoon, Burma. 8 August 1945. A young ethnic Chinese woman from one of the Imperial Japanese Army's "comfort battalions" is interviewed by an RAF officer.