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Human sex trafficking happens when a pimp traffics young women or men completely against their will by force or threat of force. In the United States, 293,000 children and teens are at risk of becoming victims of commercial sexual exploitation. On average, girls first become victims of prostitution at 12 to 4 years old. Boys and transgender youth enter prostitution around the ages of 11 to 13 years old.

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Sex trafficking is much more organized today. Women and young girls are sold and locked up in rooms or brothels for weeks or months, drugged, terrorized, and raped repeatedly.

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Traffickers are generally very organized and many have a hierarchy system. The trafficker has a person who they trust to do their day to day duties for them like collecting money from the girls. The captives re often too afraid and intimidated that they rarely speak out against their traffickers.

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Strategies To Help Catch Human Sex Trafficking

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Strategies To Help Catch Human Sex Trafficking

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There are strategies to help identify if someone is being trafficked. Patrol Officers should document suspicious calls or complaints on a police information report even if they believe the details seem trivial. Look close at the calls regarding assault, domestic situation, verbal disputes or thefts.
Look for advertisements in local newspapers, especially when it is in the sports section, advertising for a massage parlors.

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In Washington D.C, the FBI's joined with a variety of nongovernment organizations and service providers to combat the growing problem of human sex trafficking in 2004.
Massachusetts Human Trafficking Task Force was formed in 2005 with the Boston Police Department.
In New Jersey the Human Trafficking Force found ways to identify victims and signs of trafficking. In 2007, the Maryland Human Trafficking Task Force was formed and aimed to create heightened law enforcement and victim service presence in the community.

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Congress passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act in 2000. This was the first comprehensive federal law to address trafficking. It holds significant focus on the international problem.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is charged with enforcing this law. ICE has a Human Smuggling and Trafficking Unit that works to identify criminals and organizations involved in these activities.
The FBI enforces the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. The FBI, along with the Department of Justice Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, created the Lost National Initiative. This addresses the growing issue of domestic trafficking of children in the United States.

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Physical: Injuries from beating or weapons, signs of torture, brands or scarring indicating ownership, and signs of malnourishment.
Financial/Legal: Existing debt issues, someone else has possession of an individual's legal?travel documents, attorney claiming to represent multiple illegal aliens detained, and third party who insists on interpreting. (Victim may have signed a contract)
Brothel indication: Large amounts of cash and condoms, sparse rooms, customer logbook or receipt book, and men come and go frequently.

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In Thursday, a man named Ryan A. MacFarlane, was arrested on the suspicion of human sex trafficking, unlawful sexual activity with a minor and many other crimes. A document stating his charges said that he picked up the 16 year old victim and sexually assaulted her. He also is said to have drove her to Colorado and Wyoming and try to use her to make money by having her offer sexual activities to truck drivers. He was charged with felony charges of aggravated human sex trafficking, human trafficking of a minor, rape, object rape and many other charges.

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SUNSET, Utah - A Sunset man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of human trafficking, unlawful sexual activity with a minor and other crimes.

A charging document alleges 47-year-old Ryan A. MacFarlane offered a ride and shelter to a 16-year-old runaway, then sexually assaulted her, drove her to Wyoming and Colorado and tried to use her for making money by having her offer sex acts to truck drivers.

MacFarlane is accused of abusing the girl in a rental car, a rented storage unit and his home in Sunset in late October of 2017. The girl told investigators she spoke with MacFarlane about wanting to get out of Utah because she was a runaway and people would be looking for her, and that McFarlane took her to Denver via I-80.

"[The girl] also stated that along the way, MacFarlane stopped at truck stops and told [her] that they needed to make money for food and places to stay," the document states.

MacFarlane allegedly instructed the girl about how much to charge the men and "what to do, how to do it, and what to say." The girl told investigators she then went out of MacFarlane's view and asked truck drivers for a ride, but they declined.

"To not make MacFarlane angry, [the girl] would tell him the truckers declined her requests," the charging document states.

Denver officers located the girl in November 2017, and she was brought back to Utah, where she has been receiving therapy.

MacFarlane faces felony charges of aggravated human trafficking, human trafficking of a child, rape, object rape, forcible sodomy, kidnapping and unlawful sexual conduct with a 16/17-year-old. He also faces misdemeanor charges of possession of marijuana, unlawfully providing shelter to a runaway and use or possession of drug paraphernalia.

Agents with the Utah Attorney General's office spent months investigating this case after first learning about the abuse allegations.

"This is one of the most horrendous crimes we see," said Brendan Call, a section chief with the Attorney General's office. "There is nothing more vulnerable than a child. I'll sleep much better. I know my unit will sleep much better knowing this guy isn't out looking for more victims."

In several interviews, the victim recalled intricate details of MacFarlane's home where some of the abuse is alleged to have occurred. She described objects both outside and inside the house. When investigators served a warrant, they found those exact items.

"It was surreal," Call said. "The exactness of her details, to see it all come together like that."

Investigators are concerned MacFarlane may have abused others and they are urging those possible victims to come forward.

"We do not think this was a one-time incident. We see on these types of cases, they perpetrate on this kind of population," Call said.

Anyone who believes they have been victimized by MacFarlane is urged to call the Utah Attorney General's office at (801) 281-1200.

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Sunset man accused of human trafficking, sexual conduct with a minor

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SUNSET, Utah - A Sunset man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of human trafficking, unlawful sexual activity with a minor and other crimes. A charging document alleges 47-year-old Ryan A. MacFarlane offered a ride and shelter to a 16-year-old runaway, then sexually assaulted her, drove her to Wyoming and Colorado and tried to use her for making money by having her offer sex acts to truck drivers.

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Do you believe prostitutes are  victims of human sex traffickers?

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Do you believe prostitutes are  victims of human sex traffickers?

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