In cases where an individual engages in any specified “acts” with a child (under 18), the means element is irrelevant regardless of whether evidence of force, fraud, or coercion exists. The use of children in commercial sex is prohibited by law in the United States and most countries around the world. The use of children in commercial sex is prohibited by law in the United States and most countries around the world.
When a trafficker begins to prey on a new victim, there is a 5-stage approach they will take to “train” the victim. The 5-stages of human trafficking are luring, grooming and gaming, coercion and manipulation, exploitation, and lastly, recruitment.
These fundamental principles and concepts relate to all forms of trafficking in persons, including forced labor and sex trafficking. In the case of child sex trafficking, the consent of the victim is never relevant, as a child cannot legally consent to commercial sex.
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