1. Oak Ridge High School 10-22-12

2. Run For Courage, Inc.
• Run For Courage exists to raise awareness and funds to
combat sex trafficking
• We are:
– An independent 501(c)3 non-profit corporation
– An all-volunteer organization
– Our Story

3. Basic Tenets
We believe:
• Sex with a child is always wrong
• Every child deserves to be unconditionally loved and cared for
• Every child deserves a safe place to grow and mature
• Victims of sex trafficking should not be treated as criminals
• Every victim courageous enough to battle through recovery from sex
trafficking needs and deserves professional support and encouragement

4. • True or False: There is a consistent victim
profile type?

5. • True or False: There is a consistent victim
profile type?
False

6. Human Trafficking = Labor & Sex
Recruiting
Act Of Harboring
Transporting
Providing
Obtaining
Force
By Means Of Fraud
Coercion
Exploitation
Involuntary Servitude
For The
Peonage
Purpose Of
Debt Bondage
Slavery

7. Terminology
• Romeo Pimp
• Gorilla Pimp
• “Daddy” – a term used to describe one’s own pimp,
evoking images of fatherhood.
• “Bottom” or “Bottom Bitch” – the woman who’s been with
the pimp the longest and often takes on a mid-level
controlling role to keep other victims in line.
• “Dates,” “Johns,” and “Tricks” – terms used to describe
buyers of commercial sex.
• “Pimp circle” – the process of multiple pimps swarming and
surrounding one woman or girl and hissing insults at her,
for the purposes of humiliation and intimidation.

8. The Problem
• Sex Trafficking of Children
– 100,000 – 300,000 victims—this would fill approximately three
football stadiums
– Traffickers sell children on the streets and on-line everyday and are
very hard to apprehend and prosecute
– Traffickers use coercion and violence to repeatedly victimize young
girls

9. The Numbers
• Trafficking of minor girls is the fastest growing crime in the U.S.
• The average age is 13 years old
• Pimps can make up to $652,000 on 4 girls
• Convictions net 5-8 years in CA
• With “good behavior” it is much less

10. Greed and Power
• The size of the human trafficking industry is $32 billion
worldwide
• The average age of a pimp is 22 years old
• They can be male or female, but the vast majority are
male
• They see girls as a commodity that they can sell over
and over again, unlike drugs that are sold once
• They see selling sex as a business
• They research how to build their business just like an
entrepreneur would do

11. Pimp’s Modus Operandi
• Pimps:
– Manipulate their victims beginning with an initial period of false love and
feigned affection. This initial period is critical to attaining long-term mind-
control.
• This period often includes:
– Warmth, gifts, compliments, and sexual and physical intimacy
– Elaborate promises of a better life, fast money, and future luxuries
– Purposeful and pre-meditated targeting of vulnerability
– Purposeful targeting of minors due to naiveté, virginity, and youthful
appearance
• Typical trafficked child
– Forced quota from their trafficker/pimp of 10 to 15 buyers per night
– Law Enforcement reports girls having been sold to as many as 45 buyers in
a night-typically at peak demand times like sports event or convention

12. So How Does This Happen?
Coercion
• They infiltrate the schools, malls, internet by making
friends first
• The Cage Effect- Vasilate between Romeo and Gorilla
Pimp
• Intake
– 3 weeks of breaking the girls down
• Torture: physical and mental, starving, rape, threats
• At the end of intake they can have girls turning up
to 20 tricks a night

13. Why don’t victims speak up
• Fear
• Shame
• Loyalty
• Hopelessness

14. Pop Quiz
• How many Sex Slaves in the US

15. Pop Quiz
• How many Sex Slaves in the US
100,000 – 300,000

16. Pop Quiz
• The average age of a trafficked victim in the
US?

17. Pop Quiz
• The average age of a trafficked victim in the
US?
13

18. Pop Quiz
• Average Life Expectancy of a sex trafficked
victim?

19. Pop Quiz
• Average Life Expectancy of a sex trafficked
victim?
7 years

20. Truth or Myth
• Profile of the victim
– Anyone’s daughter (Truth)
• Myth and Truth
– Neglected (Truth and Myth)
– Little self esteem (Truth)
– Looking for love and attention (Truth and Myth)
– Part of the foster care system (Truth and Myth)

21. Pop Quiz
• Can you guess how many websites are used to
sell teens for sex in the US?

22. Pop Quiz
• Can you guess how many websites are used to
sell teens for sex in the US?
14 different websites selling teens

23. Stories
• Vicki’s Story
• Stacy Lundgren Story
• Andi’s Story

24. What Can You Do?
• National Hotline
– 1-888-3737-888
• Be Aware
• Self Defense
• Value Others
• Recognize what’s happening around you

25. Indicators of Domestic Sex Trafficking
• Presence of an overly controlling and abusive ‘boyfriend’
• Inability to look in the eyes or face of people, especially her ‘boyfriend’
• Injuries/signs of physical abuse
• Signs of malnourishment
• Restricted or controlled communication
• Demeanor - Fear, anxiety, depression, submissive, tense, nervous
• Few or no personal possessions
• Inconsistencies in their story
• Talking about an excessive amount of sexual partners

26. Safety
• Internet
• Dating
• Friends
– Have someone you can go to or talk to
• Self Defense
• Discernment
• Accountability

27. What is a Real Man’s Role
• Valuing girls
• Understanding appropriate relationships
• Worthiness of girls
• Respect for boundaries
• How do I treat a girl?

28. Questions and Answers
• Now let’s hear from you