Working to end sex trafficking and exploitation by empowering the voices of vulnerable and exploited youth

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DOMESTIC MINOR SEX TRAFFICKING OCCURS WHEN: 

• a U.S. citizen

• under 18 years of age

• is engaged in a commercial sex act

Kidnapping is not required. Transportation to another city, state or country is not required.

Under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) sex trafficking requires force, fraud or coercion UNLESS the victim is a minor. Any minor used in a commercial sex act (the exchange of any item of value for a sex act) IS a victim of trafficking, regardless of their willingness to engage in the sex act.