Sex on trucks

Due to their frequently remote locations and transient customer base, truck stops are an ideal venue for traffickers seeking to profit from exploiting victims without interference or undue attention. Traffickers frequently move their victims from city to city, forcing victims to engage in commercial sex at truck stops along the way. Brothels disguised as massage businesses are also sometimes present at or near truck stops. These networks control women through confinement and complicated debt bondage schemes.

Long-haul truck drivers and their commercial sex contacts CCs have been associated with the spread of sexually transmitted infections STIs in the developing world. However, there is a paucity of information about the STI risk behaviors of these populations in the U. We conducted a qualitative phase of a two-phase study to gather information about STI-related risk behaviors in drivers and their CCs in New Mexico. Between July and September , we conducted face-to-face unstructured and semistructured qualitative interviews at trucking venues, health department facilities, and a community-based organization to solicit information on sexual behavior and condom and illicit drug use. Thirty-three long-haul truck drivers and 15 CCs completed the interview. The truck drivers were mostly male and non-Hispanic white with a mean age of 41 years.

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The intersection of these mobile populations presents unique challenges in the fight against HIV and the movement towards reducing new infections. Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of sex trade along a particular transport route. Semi-structured interview guides were used for data collection, and thematic analysis was conducted. Results: The sex trade in this study is characterized by competition, fuelled by money-driven and age-disparate rivalry.