Sex Trafficking – Individuals performing commercial sex acts through force, fraud, manipulation and coercion. Sex trafficking of a person is usually not a visible exchange happening in plain sight.  It is not usually a crime happening instantly, like a kidnapping or a carjacking, with someone being pulled off the street.  It is a crime where grooming and manipulation take its course by a skilled trafficker leaving many people not recognizing themselves as a victim.

While women and girls are considered a high percentage of victims of sex trafficking both men and boys are victimized too.  LGBTQ boys and young men are seen as particularly vulnerable to trafficking.