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Destinations: A Comparison Of Sex Trafficking In India And The United States, Sarah Montana Hart
Destinations: A Comparison Of Sex Trafficking In India And The United States, Sarah Montana Hart
University of Colorado Law Review
This Note examines the similarities and differences between sex trafficking in India and the United States. It highlights three similarities between the countries. First, the basic sexual demands of the johns are not being met by the local population of women despite that population's vulnerabilities. Second, sex trafficking is usually more profitable than legal alternatives for the pimps. Third, the victims are lured by the dreams of a better life that the traffickers supposedly can provide and will therefore often consent to travel with them until it is too late. This Note argues that if these three truths apply in …