GET THE FACTS: What Is Sex Trafficking?
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Domestic Sex Trafficking (DST) is the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person over the age of 18 for sex in which the victim has sexual intercourse or performs sexual acts in exchange for money.
Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking(DMST) involves all teenagers and children under the age of 18 who are being manipulated or coerced into acts of sexual exploitation. Under federal law DMST is often referred to as CSECor Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children. This is a child who has received food, drugs, money or shelter in exchange for sex. Who is the victim? Any person who engages in commercial sex acts, regardless of the use of force, fraud or coercion, is a victim of human sex trafficking, even if they appear to consent to the commercial sex act. |
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Who is the Trafficker?
Just as there is no one type of victim, there is no one type of trafficker. Traffickers can be labeled as pimps but are often family members, peers, intimate partners, business owners, or even trusted people in positions of authority. |
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The State of Georgia has some of the strongest laws to help convict traffickers. The legal language includes the terminology of pimping, pandering, soliciting or arranging, which covers all types of traffickers or those involved in trafficking.
Here are some of Georgia's Laws:
O.C.G.A. 16-5-46. Trafficking for sexual servitude.
O.C.G.A. § 16-6-11 Pimping
O.C.G.A. § 16-6-12 Pandering
O.C.G.A. § 16-6-14 Pandering by compulsion
O.C.G.A. § 16-6-15 Solicitation
Update: Anti-Sex Trafficking Day at the Georgia State Capitol was held on Wednesday, March 1. This event was a collaborative effort sponsored by maggoty organizations across Georgia with the mission of 'One Cause. One Voice' in favor of House Bill 341.
HB341 fight for mandatory terms for trafficking individuals for sexual servitude. This bill was passed and is now going to be voted on in the Senate as SB39.
Here are some of Georgia's Laws:
O.C.G.A. 16-5-46. Trafficking for sexual servitude.
O.C.G.A. § 16-6-11 Pimping
O.C.G.A. § 16-6-12 Pandering
O.C.G.A. § 16-6-14 Pandering by compulsion
O.C.G.A. § 16-6-15 Solicitation
Update: Anti-Sex Trafficking Day at the Georgia State Capitol was held on Wednesday, March 1. This event was a collaborative effort sponsored by maggoty organizations across Georgia with the mission of 'One Cause. One Voice' in favor of House Bill 341.
HB341 fight for mandatory terms for trafficking individuals for sexual servitude. This bill was passed and is now going to be voted on in the Senate as SB39.
