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For balance, it's worth pointing out that many law-enforcement agencies now use the term "sex trafficking" to describe cases that are merely prostitution. This

• sp332 9y ago
  This article specifically refers to trafficked women. The linked Newsweek article says: "One of the pimps netted in a review board sting in 2015 admitted that many of the women were in debt bondage, and in fear for their lives or the safety of their families."
  • yters 9y ago
    So most prostitution is sex trafficking, it seems.
    • sp332 9y ago
      Well that's the problem - "sex trafficking" literally means selling sex, which covers all prostitution. But it has also been used as a short form of "human trafficking of sex slaves" which is a lot more specific.
  • teilo 9y ago
    This is one of the reasons that many argue for the legalization of prostitution. If there is a state-regulated market for sex workers, is is much easier to identify and prosecute sex worker slavery and exploitation. It also becomes possible for sex consumers to restrict themselves to the regulated market, and thus avoid contributing to the exploitation of women and children. Without such a legalized market, cases of exploitation and slavery are no longer easily distinguishable from voluntary and of-age prostitution.