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To the men within the sex slave industry use it as a form of business to make money. These men can range from the slave traders and brothel owners. The slave traders at times are the ones who lure the girls on false pretenses and by receiving the girls by taking them or having them offered. An example of slave traders is a group called the Red Mafia, The Red Mafia is a crime group that is known to traffic women and weapons across the borders (Kara, 2009). The brothel bosses run their own business by buying slaves from the slave owners (traders). In the book Sex Trafficking inside the business of Modern Slavery by Siddharth Kara (2009) spoke of the business practices within the sex trading system. One sex slave in the year 2007 was around 1800 U.S dollars and the revenue for sex owners was about 1 billion dollars. At times for the brothel owners and pimps could receive a profit of 600 million dollars from their girls. With buying the average sex slave for around 1800 dollars the sex slave owners make a huge income by having the girls have sex with other men (Kara, 2009). The sex trade industry is one of the top grossing enterprises in the world. Comparing it to modern day industries like google and Microsoft, the companies make and income but do not have to pay the benefits to support their workers. Within the sex trade market the pimps and brothel owners give their sex workers whatever income they wish and will give themselves the remaining amount. With the higher amount of sex workers the less money the owners have to pay.
Another benefit for sex trade owners is the need for more sex slaves. More sex slaves are in demand because of the interested male population. Men that find joy in going to brothels several times a week or ye...

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...ople’s lives. Women are taken out of their homes or lured into the sex trade business unaware of the risks and environments that they will face. Some women could be diagnosed with HIV because of multiple sex partners; while other women face physical violence from suitors and employers. Women face multiple hardships within the sex trading businesses, but the employers seem to benefit from their hardships. To their employers it is about the money and how much they can make. They use it like a business rather than a hobby. The men benefit by keeping the money because the money the women earn goes to the debt that they owe their employers. There is action out there that is trying to prevent human and sex trafficking. Things like TVPA sets standards for countries to make an effort to stop trafficking within their nation and to help the women get out of that environment.

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