I can't believe that anybody could be so evil as to continue attempting to make the abuse of young women a race issue after overwhelming evidence to the contrary and after the warnings by those involved in investigating these cases that it would be wrong and irresponsible to claim racial motives.
There is nothing whatever to distinguish the behaviour of this handful of criminals from that of any other sex peddlers throughout the world and from time immemorial.
This from the US 'Human and Smuggling Trafficking Center in the US
The descriptions of the methodology of acquiring women for sex is not just similar, but identical to that described in the British press.
Sick, sick, sick!!!
Jim Carroll

"HUMAN SMUGGLING AND TRAFFICKING CENTER
.......includes a civil remedy allowing trafficking victims to sue their traffickers in federal district courts Thirty states have passed legislation criminalizing human trafficking and directing law enforcement agencies to adopt training programs to enhance identification and interdiction efforts.9 If victims are identified in one of these states, arrest and prosecution of traffickers can occur at the state level. In addition, most states and local authorities have laws relating to prostitution that can be used to prosecute pimps at the state and local level.
VICTIMS - SEX TRAFFICKING
Research indicates that most victims of sexual trafficking into and within the U.S. are women and children, particularly girls under the age of 18. Currently, there are no known cases of adult men being trafficked for commercial sex acts in the U.S.; however, adult males have been victimized in labor trafficking cases. 10 A victim has to be subjected only to a form of force,
fraud. or coercion once to meet the definition of "trafficking victim" so long as that misconduct was aimed at obtaining their labor. services. or a commercial sex act. The force. fraud. Or coercion does not need to be sustained. Being a relative of the victim does not excuse trafficking activities.
While human trafficking is about exploitation and does not require the movement or transportation of the person, USC trafficking victims can often be identified in situations where the victims are moved from one location to another irrespective of distance. The movement of a victim is a common control technique used to isolate the victim; the distance may range from a
couple of miles from the victim's home to several states.
THE GROOMING PROCESS
The perpetrators of trafficking employ a "grooming process" to draw their USC victims away from their homes or to gain the trust and dependency of young victims who may have run away from home. The first step is often the development of a relationship with an older man, who the victim comes to regard as her "boyfriend". The perpetrator assesses the victim's needs (vulnerabilities) and offers flattery, material items such as money, jewelry or clothes, and/or displays other "acts of love". The adolescent female may be enticed to begin a sexual relationship with her "boyfriend". The adolescent will be encouraged to stay away from home for increasingly longer periods of time, eventually leading to her not returning home at all.
Within a short period of time, the victim is often encouraged to take a short trip with the "boyfriend" for what seems like a reasonable cause. It is often at this point that the perpetrator will try to convince the victim to prostitute herself The "boyfriend" may start the process of exploitation by introducing the victim to other groups of men and asking the victim to provide sexual favors to the men because they are his "friends". If the victim doesn't agree to do so, she will then be subjected to violence, abuse, or other coercive measures, with the objective of giving the "boyfriend" dominance and control over the victim.
By this stage, the victim may be in no position to refuse the "boyfriend's" commands and is frightened and compliant. 12 She may find herself in an unknown part of the city, or perhaps a different city all together. The victim realizes that she, her family, nor anyone else knows where she is. The victim may know the city or area they are in, but may be unable to provide family or police with their specific location if able to contact them. This element of control, exercised by the "boyfriend" and other men, reinforces the victim's vulnerability and she becomes psychologically dependent on them.
A number of other control methods will be utilized by the trafficker to control the victim.
"House Rules", which are rules for interacting with the trafticker, authorities, 'johns" and other customers, along with nightly quotas, etc., will be established and the trafficker will enforce rule violations with violence. Some victims have described being subjected to extreme physical and sexual violence, being required to commit other criminal acts, and to recruit other potential
victims. If the victim is underage, the trafficker will often provide the victim with a false name and date of birth to use if encountered by authorities.
PIMPS AND SEX TRAFFICKERS
The terms "pimp" and "trafficker" are not necessarily synonymous. Depending on the jurisdiction, a pimp may not be violating any law. A pimp can be defined as one who finds and manages clients for a prostitute and manages the women in prostitution in order to profit from their earnings. A pimp may not necessarily force a woman to stay with him in order to prostitute her. So, even if prostitution is illegal, a pimp who doesn't use force, fraud, or coercion to compel adult women to prostitute themselves would not be considered a trafficker. On the other hand, any pimp who knowingly manages a minor would be considered a trafficker. Additionally, a trafticker could be someone who knowingly profits from coerced prostitution even if he or she is not directly involved in the management of the prostitutes. For instance, a human smuggler in Guatemala would be considered a trafficker if he was knowingly bringing people to the U.S. to be trafficked, even though he would not be considered a pimp.
INDICATORS OF RISK
At the start of the grooming process, young people often exhibit behavior that can alert family, friends, and professionals that they may be at risk of being sexually exploited.
The victim may also consider themselves to be in a romantic relationship and want to please their partner and do what he says so that he won't end the relationship."
"http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/113612.pdf