Their relative wealth has attracted women and girls from within South Sudan and also from Kenya, Congo, Uganda, and Khartoum.
South Sudanese women and girls, particularly those from rural areas or who are internally displaced, are forced to engage in commercial sex acts.
South Sudanese girls are subjected to sex trafficking in restaurants, hotels, and brothels in urban centres, at times with the involvement of corrupt law enforcement officials.
Girls are forced into marriages, at times as compensation for inter-ethnic killings; some may be subsequently subjected to sexual slavery.
South Sudanese and foreign business owners recruit men and women from regional countries, especially Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia, as well as South Sudanese women and children, with fraudulent offers of employment opportunities in hotels, restaurants, and construction; many are subjected to sex trafficking.