The Role Of Sex Trafficking In The United States

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As in all aspects of business the principle of profitability is relevant, some entrepreneurs are more ambitious than others and it is at this point when the temptation and greed take hold and the exploitation of the innocent, manifesting as trafficking. In the United States trafficking was estimated at one point to be grossing over US$13,000 per trafficked victim, amounting to over US$ 32 billion annually (Wheaton 2010:124). The innocent girls that fall prey to trafficking are transformed from people into basic property, to be disposed of as the owner / trafficker sees fit. (Hossain 2010: 2442) Within the realm of sex trafficking, the network in which girls are trafficked has become so sophisticated, that some girls have been resold to other