Study of San Diego's 2nd Largest Underground Economy

- Above photo found @ Abolish Human Trafficking

Human Trafficking

Is San Diego's 2nd Largest

Underground Economy

After Drug Trafficking

The groundbreaking study, "Measuring the Nature and Extent of Gang Involvement in Sex Trafficking in San Diego," focused on one of the most understudied aspects of human trafficking in the United States: the role of gangs in sex trafficking.

50% Of Adults Arrested For Prostitution 

Actually Meet The Federal Definition 

For Classification As 

Victims Of Human Trafficking, But Are 

Unidentified Or Misidentified 

Within The Criminal Justice System

Data collected from nearly 1,200 individuals - 154 gang-affiliated persons and/or traffickers, 702 first-time prostitution offenders, 140 survivors from eight victim services programs and 141 county school administrators and staff - making it one of the largest, most comprehensive human trafficking case studies in the United States to date. The study is a large-scale model of collaborative research to impact policy and practice, and serves as a national model for future research on human trafficking more broadly.

Pimps/Sex Trafficking Facilitators

Are About Evenly Split Between

White, African Americans and Hispanic Individuals.

- Above photo found @: Abolish Human Trafficking

Read all information on gang stalking/human trafficking @: San Diego EDU