Sex trafficking is considered a form of modern-day slavery because of its attempt to recruit, entice, transport, or coerce someone into non-consensual sexual acts for personal gain.
[1] Mexico is an origin, transit, and destination for sex trafficking, a global industry that earns profits of approximately 150 billion a year.
[2] Sex trafficking victims in the country are from all ethnic groups, including the indigenous peoples of Mexico, and foreigners.
[4] Perpetrators tend to focus on low-income communities with little to no education and lure victims by promising a better life, more money, romantic relationships, or blackmailing.
[5] Mexico's head of financial intelligence unit (UIF), Santiago Nieto, describes that many of the country's infamous cartels have branched out into trafficking, particularly those whose main business have been falling apart.
[9] Justicia para Nuestras Hijas (JPNH) supports victims and investigations of sex and labour trafficking in Mexico.