NCJ Number
36258
Date Published
1975
Length
13 pages
Annotation
RESULTS OF AN INTERPOL QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY OF MEMBER COUNTRIES REQUESTING STATISTICS AND INFORMATION ON TRAFFIC IN WOMEN - DEFINED AS THE LURING OF FEMALES TO ENGAGE IN PROSTITUTION IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
Abstract
DISGUISED TRAFFIC, ALSO OF INTEREST, WAS DEFINED AS HIRING WOMEN FOR POSITIONS IN ANOTHER COUNTRY UNDER CONDITIONS WHICH SUBJECT, INCITE, OR EXPOSE THEM TO PROSTITUTION. SURVEY RESULTS ARE SUMMARIZED BY COUNTRY. KIDNAPPING METHODS WERE FOUND TO BE RARE; MOST TRAFFIC IS IN CONSENTING FEMALES. DISGUISED TRAFFIC WAS FOUND TO BE COMMON; AGAIN WITH MOST PARTICIPATION APPARENTLY CONSENSUAL. GEOGRAPHIC TRENDS ARE NOTED.