Open AccessCentral American Women Trafficked to Texas
Author(s) -
Karla Lorena Andrade- Rubio,
Simón Pedro Izcara- Palacios
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cross-currents
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2394-451X
DOI - 10.36344/ccijhss.2018.v04i06.003
Subject(s) - sex trafficking , latin americans , sex work , state (computer science) , work (physics) , criminology , political science , gender studies , psychology , human trafficking , sociology , engineering , medicine , law , family medicine , mechanical engineering , algorithm , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , computer science
The United States is the most important destination country for sex trafficking victims from Latin America. In over 20 states, including Texas, have been identified cases of international sex trafficking. This article, based on qualitative interviews with 9 sex traffickers operating in Texas and 23 women from Central America trafficked to Texas, aims to describe how Mexican sex trafficking networks operate in Texas, and examine the characteristics of Central American women trafficked to this state. We conclude that some of the women transported by sex traffickers know they are going to work in the sex industry, while others, principally underage girls, are deceived into thinking they will work in a different activity.