Dr. Marcel van der Watt

Well, sex trafficking can happen as linear as being trafficked from one house to another house in a street by an individual trafficker, right? It could be an organized criminal group. I mean, the nature of transportation systems and we're looking at technology, et cetera, has really made these groups very, very fluid, very dynamic. These relationships are often relationships of convenience.

Today I use you, tomorrow I don't. There's usually a core group of people working together and the rest is really kind of, you know, you are an investor or you're an asset to this group and it's all about money. And again, really infrequently, it's only sex trafficking.

Today I use you, tomorrow I don't. There's usually a core group of people working together and the rest is really kind of, you know, you are an investor or you're an asset to this group and it's all about money. And again, really infrequently, it's only sex trafficking.

Today I use you, tomorrow I don't. There's usually a core group of people working together and the rest is really kind of, you know, you are an investor or you're an asset to this group and it's all about money. And again, really infrequently, it's only sex trafficking.

And when we're talking about sex trafficking and organized crime, you know, you are bound to find some form of official complicity and corruption. So the whole syndicate or the criminal group is geared at making money. So we know that sex trafficking, it's not a recent statistic, but I mean, it generates more than 100 billion US dollars annually. So it's really, it's all about money.

And when we're talking about sex trafficking and organized crime, you know, you are bound to find some form of official complicity and corruption. So the whole syndicate or the criminal group is geared at making money. So we know that sex trafficking, it's not a recent statistic, but I mean, it generates more than 100 billion US dollars annually. So it's really, it's all about money.

And when we're talking about sex trafficking and organized crime, you know, you are bound to find some form of official complicity and corruption. So the whole syndicate or the criminal group is geared at making money. So we know that sex trafficking, it's not a recent statistic, but I mean, it generates more than 100 billion US dollars annually. So it's really, it's all about money.

Well, I am a former law enforcement officer. You know, I've investigated transnational organized crime syndicates and sex trafficking is one of those. And that's really needed to understand the kind of the inner workings of these criminal networks.

Well, I am a former law enforcement officer. You know, I've investigated transnational organized crime syndicates and sex trafficking is one of those. And that's really needed to understand the kind of the inner workings of these criminal networks.

Well, I am a former law enforcement officer. You know, I've investigated transnational organized crime syndicates and sex trafficking is one of those. And that's really needed to understand the kind of the inner workings of these criminal networks.

you are always very, very conflicted. I mean, you know that there's a role that you have to play, there's a specific systematic methodological approach to gathering evidence and to gathering intelligence, but you are also so close to everything that happens, you know, whether it is on the one end of the scale, which is just a drug, abuse to people actually sometimes being harmed, you know.

you are always very, very conflicted. I mean, you know that there's a role that you have to play, there's a specific systematic methodological approach to gathering evidence and to gathering intelligence, but you are also so close to everything that happens, you know, whether it is on the one end of the scale, which is just a drug, abuse to people actually sometimes being harmed, you know.

you are always very, very conflicted. I mean, you know that there's a role that you have to play, there's a specific systematic methodological approach to gathering evidence and to gathering intelligence, but you are also so close to everything that happens, you know, whether it is on the one end of the scale, which is just a drug, abuse to people actually sometimes being harmed, you know.

So there's always this conflict and this dissonance that one walks around and just kind of trying to remain objective.

So there's always this conflict and this dissonance that one walks around and just kind of trying to remain objective.

So there's always this conflict and this dissonance that one walks around and just kind of trying to remain objective.

Well, sex trafficking is an enormous problem, not just in the USA. A lot of these things have just become normalized in society. Sexual objectification, if you think what Hollywood and media and pop music tells us, you know, you've got subtle undertones of of simulated rape. You've got undertones of choking. And we are exposed to these things in and out every day.

Well, sex trafficking is an enormous problem, not just in the USA. A lot of these things have just become normalized in society. Sexual objectification, if you think what Hollywood and media and pop music tells us, you know, you've got subtle undertones of of simulated rape. You've got undertones of choking. And we are exposed to these things in and out every day.

Well, sex trafficking is an enormous problem, not just in the USA. A lot of these things have just become normalized in society. Sexual objectification, if you think what Hollywood and media and pop music tells us, you know, you've got subtle undertones of of simulated rape. You've got undertones of choking. And we are exposed to these things in and out every day.

And I think that contributes to how we view the world, how we view sexual relationships. And, you know, that just creates this enabling environment where we just don't see what we ought to see when something intuitively should trigger a response. And some questions whether, you know, this is not normal. This is not supposed to be how things are.