SOC 214 Lecture Notes - York Regional Police
Document Summary
When you hear about human trafficking in the sex trade, most people have an image of women being smuggled into canada from abroad and forced to work in seamy brothels. But there"s a thriving trafficking trade right here at home and it"s run by pimps who prey on the na ve and innocent. It could be a young woman from your neighbourhood, maybe the daughter of a friend, or the girl next door. And her entry into the sex trade is rarely by choice. It starts in a bar, a club or even online: a meeting with someone who makes the girl feel special when they find themselves isolated, lonely and confused. But soon that relationship turns ugly and by then it"s too late to escape. In reality, that charming boyfriend is a pimp who uses threats, beatings and rape to force the girl into prostitution.
