Any youth under the age of 18 who is involved in a commercial sex act is considered to be a victim of trafficking. If the victim is a minor, no force, fraud, or coercion is necessary to prove trafficking. In fact, the average age that a young person becomes involved in sex trafficking is 12 years old. Children account for half of the victims of human trafficking.
Human trafficking is the second largest and fastest growing criminal industry in the world, second only to drug trafficking. Traffickers use force, fraud, or coercion to make victims engage in labor or commercial sexual exploitation.Įvery year, millions of people are trafficked around the world, including our own neighborhoods in the District of Columbia. Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery and a serious crime. How You Can Help the District Combat Human Trafficking What is Human Trafficking? Download this sex trafficking awareness poster in English and Spanish.
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