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SEX TRAFFICKING
According to federal and state laws:
A prostitute is a person
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who sells sex
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who is not being forced to do so by another person
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AND is not under age 18
A sex trafficking victim is a person
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who sells sex
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who is being forced to do so by another person
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OR is under age 18
If you read over the trafficking definition one more time, it spells out who is considered a trafficking victim, but does not precisely describe who is not. So, we will do that for you: Any person over age 18 who is selling sex voluntarily is NOT a sex-trafficking victim.
86% of the women Asur New Mexico serves fit the federal definition of a trafficking victim, either because they have been forced to sell sex or started selling sex under age 18.
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