Sex trafficking is composed of two key aspects: human trafficking and sexual slavery. The two represent the supply and demand side of the sex trafficking industry, respectively.
This exploitation is based on the interaction between the traffickers selling a victim the individual being trafficked and sexually exploited to customers to perform sexual services. These sex trafficking crimes are defined by three steps: acquisition, movement, and exploitation. The various types of sex trafficking are child sex tourism CST , domestic minor sex trafficking DMST or commercial sexual exploitation of children, and prostitution. A new N. Repeals N. In a prosecution for sex trafficking, a person from whose prostitution activity another person is alleged to have advanced or attempted to advance or profited or attempted to profit shall not be deemed to be an accomplice.
The federal government has taken a firm stance against human trafficking both within its borders and beyond. Domestically, human trafficking is a federal crime under Title 18 of the United States Code. Section makes it a crime to force a person to work against her or his will, or to sell a person into a condition of involuntary servitude. Human trafficking as it relates to involuntary servitude and slavery is prohibited by the 13th Amendment.
Several state governments have taken action to address human trafficking within their borders, through either legislation or prevention activities.
For example, Florida state law prohibits forced labor, sex trafficking, and domestic servitude and provides for mandatory law enforcement trainings and victim services. Washington State was the first to pass a law criminalizing human trafficking in The New York State Anti-trafficking law was created in It created the crimes of Labor Trafficking and Sex Trafficking, provides immunity for victims and gives benefits and services to the victims.
