this is a very important topic to talk about! I’m going to attempt to answer the questions as informative as possible. I want to start by saying I have never personally been trafficked but I have witnessed such happen to some of my best friends, and girls I know simply through social media.
1) I personally have grew up around human trafficking and have witnessed close friends (very young girls at the time, as was I) get the impression that these procurers are, or will be their boyfriends and truly care about them and their well-being, despite my best efforts to stop it. one close friend I remember in particular… (age 16 and I was 14) her and I started to hangout with a group of 4 men (ages 24-28) I have not a clue or memory of how we first encountered them. my friend began talking to one of the men from this group, she was (so she thought) in love with him. he would buy her hard drugs such as MDMA, cocaine, and alcohol. after about 2 months of hanging out with them my mom was expressing her concerns about these men and was clear she didn’t want me to be near them anymore. I remember her telling me that their intention was to human traffic me and my friend. at this young of an age I knew what human trafficking was, but I didn’t know it could just happen to anyone, and of course I didn’t know the severity of it. so we continued to hangout with them, but as I was getting more distant from them, my friend was getting closer to them. NYE came around, so we decided to go to the procurers house to drink and celebrate with them. a few hours went by and I ended up leaving and going home while she stayed with them. I asked her to come with me numerous times but she refused. after I left we were texting each other then she randomly stopped answering me out of nowhere. I then seen a few days later on her social media that she was in toronto. the procurer took this young 16 year old girl to toronto. I can’t even remember how I found out that she was being trafficked but I remember my heart dropped when I did. the procurer brainwashed her completely… she thought he was her boyfriend when in reality she was his cash cow. she continued to be trafficked for 2 years by this man. he was then put in jail for some time. ever since then this girl has been human trafficked by 3 different men (that I know of) excluding the first one. because she was involved at such a young age I think she’s now extremely traumatized and this is the only life she knows. thank god I got out of that situation when I did. I can proudly say I have never fell for the sweet talk or gestures of these procures.
2) I have been in numerous situations where I could’ve very easily been trafficked. I’m so very thankful that my mother started to educate me about it when she did. I’m also thankful that I’m smart enough to see red flags and flea the situation when I do.
4) I have encountered clients who have asked me if I’m independent, but just a simple ‘yes’ and they will believe it. which I understand because there is really no way to know, unless warning signs are present... such as malnourishment, signs of injuries or physical abuse, avoiding eye contact, timidness, responses being scripted or rehearsed, absence of government ID’s.
other clients don’t ask, or even care for that matter.
while some have secret fantasies about it. I’ve had one client come to see me for the h and all he could talk about was how sexy it is when girls have ‘pimps’ they pay all their hard earned money to. he never mentioned his fetish until we began the session… which made me very uncomfortable.