ABSTRACT
This chapter recognizes human trafficking as a transnational criminal enterprise as it reaches far beyond geographic boundaries and flourishes from the victimization of individuals for profit. It focuses on the trafficking of individuals for sex or, as commonly referred to, sex trafficking. Victims of sex trafficking are forced into a variety of forms of sexual exploitation to include prostitution, pornography, bride trafficking, and sex tourism. The phrase "white slavery" is used today to describe the Eastern European women first perceived to be involved in sex trafficking in the United States. The general demographic characteristics of the victims of sex trafficking are, of course, young and female. Since sexual exploitation is the goal of the trafficking, the more "attractive" the product, the higher the sale price. Investigative effort is one aspect of the problem of sex trafficking that remains a challenge in reducing sex trafficking and in many ways fuels the problem.
