| Locations of operation |
Massage parlors, room salons, ‘closed’ residential brothels, karaoke bars, internet |
‘Closed’ residential brothels, some massage parlors |
Street, hotels, residential brothels, strip clubs, massage parlors, internet |
| Trafficker profile |
Older Korean women management in AMPs, male enforcers, male transporters |
Male controllers, recruiters, enforcers, transporters, use of “padrotes” and pimps |
Pimps, male and female recruiters and enforcers, male transporters |
| Victim profile |
From Korea, China, Thailand mostly; women between ages of 18 and 55, sometimes minors |
From Mexico, Central America, and South America, adult women and minors |
From across the U.S. – suburbs and urban areas; average age first trafficked 12-14 yrs old |
| Demand profile (Johns) |
Middle to upper class working professionals; Korean men in ‘closed’ networks; foreign business men |
Latino migrant workers and recent immigrants from Latin America |
Men of all backgrounds |
| Methods of recruitment |
False promises of legitimate employment |
False promise of marriage and better life, false promise of legitimate jobs |
False promise of love and support, kidnapping and abduction |
| Methods of control |
Physical and language isolation, debt bondage, controlling drug supply, threats of beatings, reports to immigration, psychological control |
Physical abuse, rape, assault with weapons, debt bondage, threats of force, threats to family, sexual abuse of minors |
Physical assault, rape, assault with weapons, debt bondage, threats of force, sexual abuse of minors, threats to family or to children |
| Affiliation to gangs |
Some have affiliation with Asian street gangs and/or organized crime |
Some have affiliations with MS-13 and street gangs |
Some have affiliations with street gangs |
| Advertising mechanism |
Local newspapers, Asian newspapers, phone directories, internet, word of mouth |
Fake business cards distributed person-to-person, word of mouth |
Pandering, local newspapers, internet, phone directories |
| Pricing structure |
$60 for one hour plus tips for AMPs; triple prices for food and alcohol in room salons; average of 5 to 15 men a day |
$30 for 15 minute session; average of 20 to 35 men a day; money usually taken by managers and ‘padrotes’ |
Varies, women have nightly quotas of $500 to $2,000; average of 7 to 15 men per day; all money kept by pimps |
| Transportation structure |
Smuggled in through Canada and Mexico; overstaying legitimate tourist visas; Use of Korean “taxi” services to move across State lines |
Smuggled through Mexico, transported via cargo vans or commercial buses between cities |
Direct transportation by pimps who move with the women and girls, use of individual cars and/or commercial transportation lines |
| Support Structure that Facilitates Operations |
Advertisers, landlords, active online john community |
Advertisers, landlords |
Advertisers, landlords, media, pimp subculture, operators of hotels used by pimps |
