Recruiting mechanisms used by sex trafficking networks in Nevada, United States

The international sex trade, involving young people who are taken from Central America and Mexico to the United States, has been widely documented. However, it remains a serious problem, from which its changing dynamics and recruitment strategies, whether voluntary or forced, are unknown. The object...

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Main Authors:	Andrade-Rubio, Karla Lorena, Izcara-Palacios, Simón Pedro
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Published:	Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2020
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spelling	oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article-13312020-08-01T19:26:43Z Recruiting mechanisms used by sex trafficking networks in Nevada, United States Mecanismos de reclutamiento utilizados por las redes de tráfico sexual en Nevada, Estados Unidos Andrade-Rubio, Karla Lorena Izcara-Palacios, Simón Pedro prostitución trata mujeres migrantes redes de traficantes Nevada prostitution sex trafficking migrant women sex smuggling networks Nevada The international sex trade, involving young people who are taken from Central America and Mexico to the United States, has been widely documented. However, it remains a serious problem, from which its changing dynamics and recruitment strategies, whether voluntary or forced, are unknown. The objective of this paper was to examine the mechanisms used by sex smuggling networks to recruit migrant women to be prostituted in Nevada, USA. This research is based on a qualitative methodology that includes interviews with 3 Central American recruiters and 12 women from Mexico and Central America. The main results indicate that these networks recruit predominantly vulnerable underage girls with a past associated with prostitution and towering economic necessities. Recruitment mechanisms used by these networks are not based on the use of violence, but on the abuse of a position of vulnerability. In conclusion, not resorting to violent recruitment strategies reduces the risk of this activity, since women do not report them because they do not consider themselves victims. El comercio sexual de jóvenes, que son llevadas desde Centroamérica y México hacia Estados Unidos, ha sido ampliamente documentado, y sin embargo, sigue siendo un problema grave, del que se desconocen sus cambiantes dinámicas y estrategias de reclutamiento, ya sean voluntarias o forzadas. El objetivo de este trabajo fue examinar los mecanismos utilizados por las redes de traficantes para reclutar mujeres migrantes, para ser prostituidas en Nevada, Estados Unidos. Este trabajo está fundamentado en una metodología cualitativa, que incluye entrevistas a 3 reclutadores centroamericanos y 12 mujeres de México y Centroamérica. Los principales resultados encontrados indican que estas redes reclutan preferentemente a menores de edad, vulnerables, con un pasado relacionado con la prostitución y necesidades económicas apremiantes. Los mecanismos de reclutamiento utilizados por estas redes no se basan en el uso de la violencia, sino en el abuso de una situación de vulnerabilidad. En conclusión, el hecho de no recurrir a estrategias de reclutamiento violentas disminuye el riesgo de esta actividad, ya que las mujeres no les denuncian, porque no se consideran víctimas. Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas 2020-08-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html text/xml https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/1331 10.29059/cienciauat.v15i1.1331 CienciaUAT; Vol. 15 No. 1. July-December 2020; 117-132 CienciaUAT; Vol. 15 No. 1: Julio-Diciembre 2020; 117-132 2007-7858 2007-7521 spa https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/1331/751 https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/1331/754 https://revistaciencia.uat.edu.mx/index.php/CienciaUAT/article/view/1331/784 Derechos de autor 2020 CienciaUAT
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title	Recruiting mechanisms used by sex trafficking networks in Nevada, United States
title_short	Recruiting mechanisms used by sex trafficking networks in Nevada, United States
title_full	Recruiting mechanisms used by sex trafficking networks in Nevada, United States
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description	The international sex trade, involving young people who are taken from Central America and Mexico to the United States, has been widely documented. However, it remains a serious problem, from which its changing dynamics and recruitment strategies, whether voluntary or forced, are unknown. The objective of this paper was to examine the mechanisms used by sex smuggling networks to recruit migrant women to be prostituted in Nevada, USA. This research is based on a qualitative methodology that includes interviews with 3 Central American recruiters and 12 women from Mexico and Central America. The main results indicate that these networks recruit predominantly vulnerable underage girls with a past associated with prostitution and towering economic necessities. Recruitment mechanisms used by these networks are not based on the use of violence, but on the abuse of a position of vulnerability. In conclusion, not resorting to violent recruitment strategies reduces the risk of this activity, since women do not report them because they do not consider themselves victims.
publisher	Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
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Recruiting mechanisms used by sex trafficking networks in Nevada, United States

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