Sex trafficking constitutes a severe international issue, affecting 4.8 million victims worldwide, with those affected in the United States numbering in the thousands (Global Slavery Index, 2016). Despite this, little is known about the characteristics of sex traffickers, especially female sex traffickers. This paper aimed to increase our knowledge of female sex traffickers in the United States. 44 criminally prosecuted cases of sex trafficking involving female sex traffickers were examined, obtained through the Case Law Database within the Human Trafficking Knowledge Portal provided by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.

The study sought to explore characteristics of female sex traffickers in the United States with regards to the roles they hold, duties they perform and the makeup of their operations. Overall, findings demonstrated that women permeate the entire spectrum of sex trafficking crimes, from aiding and abetting to being ringleaders of sex trafficking rings.

性贩运是一个严重的国际问题，在全世界影响了480万受害者，在美国受影响的受害者人数达数千（全球奴隶制指数，2016年）。尽管如此，对性贩子，特别是女性性贩子的特征了解甚少。本文旨在增加我们对美国女性性贩运者的了解。通过联合国毒品和犯罪问题办公室提供的人口贩运知识门户网站内的案例法数据库，对涉及女性性贩运者的44起刑事起诉的性贩运案件进行了审查。

该研究试图探讨美国女性性贩子的特征，包括其所担任的角色，所履行的职责以及其业务构成。总体而言，调查结果表明，从协助和教tting到成为性交易团伙的头目，妇女渗透到了所有性交易罪中。