Sexual Exploitation
People who have been trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation may:
- Be of any age, although the age may vary according to the location of the market
- Move from one brothel to the next or work in various locations
- Be escorted whenever they go and/or return from work and other outside activities
- Have tattoos or other marks indicating ‘ownership’ by their exploiters
- Work long hours or have few if any days off
- Sleep where they work
- Live or travel in a group, sometimes with other women who do not speak the same language
- Have very few items of clothing
- Have clothes that are mostly the kind typically worn for doing sex work
- Only know how to say sex-related words in the local language or in the language of the client group
- Have no cash of their own
- Be unable to show an identity document.
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