Common Work and Living Conditions: The individual(s) in question:

• Limited ability to come and go at own will

• Under 18 and providing commercial sex acts

• Has a pimp/manager in the commercial sex industry

• Unpaid, paid little, paid via tips

• Works excessive/unusual hours

• Not allowed breaks and suffers unusual restrictions at work

• Owing a large debt and is unable to pay it off

• Recruited through false promises as to what the job will entail

• High security measures at the work and living locations (e.g. bars on windows, security cameras)

• Living and working on site

• Experiences verbal or physical abuse by supervisor

• Not given proper safety equipment

• Not paid directly, but through pimp

• Forced to meet daily quotas

 

Poor Mental Health/Abnormal Behaviors

• Fearful, anxious, depressed submissive, tense, nervous/paranoid

• Avoids law enforcement or immigrant officials

• Signs of substance use or addiction

 

Poor Physical Health

• Poor hygiene, malnourishment, fatigue

• Signs of physical/sexual abuse, physical restraint, confinement, or torture

 

Lack of Control

• Has few or no personal possessions

• Frequently monitored

• Not in control of own money, finances, or bank account

• Not in control of own identification documents (e.g. ID or passport)

• Not allowed to speak for themselves (third party present to assist or translate)

 

Other

• Claims of just visiting and the inability to state address

• Lack of knowledge of where they are (e.g. city, state)

• Lost sense of time

• Scripted or confusing/inconsistent stories

• Protecting the person who may be hurting them, attempting to minimize abuse and make excuses for the perpetrator