I would say that absolutely it's very difficult to prove trafficking in court because of the psychological damage that occurs throughout the grooming and recruitment process. It's a very targeted, manipulative practice. It's predatory. They choose women and girls who have a need in some capacity, and they provide for that need, and they abuse and violate that trust. Then to have somebody who doesn't know the definition of trust turn around and speak to that in court and be able to articulate very clearly to a jury or a judge or somebody who has no concept of their definition of trust the process that the perpetrator went through to recruit, groom, and exploit them can get very difficult. Often it's just damaging and discouraging for somebody to even attempt to make that definition and to make that clear to those determining the sentencing or determining the outcome of their lives.
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