Soroptimist International of the Americas, working to improve the lives of women and girls in local communities and throughout the world, examines the issue of sex trafficking of women and girls in this white paper. Sex trafficking involves coercion and fraud, with women and girls forced into sex work within their own country or transported to other countries. Poverty is a common bond among nearly all trafficking victims. Sex trafficking involves victims, those who are the suppliers, such as organized crime, as well as the demand side, those who purchase sex acts. In order to end sex trafficking of women and girls, efforts must be made on both the supply side and demand side. This white paper examines the complex issue of trafficking including its effect on victims and society as a whole.

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