PATTERNS

There are currently two patterns of sex trafficking that exist in Thailand.

The oldest pattern is called the two-step pattern and is trafficking a woman or child from their village to a larger town and then to a foreign country. Women who have never been a part of the sex industry tend to partake in the one-step pattern of trafficking.
o  The newer one-step pattern is directly taking a person from their village to a foreign country.

 o  The Foundation for Women found that the women in the one-step pattern are more likely to be exposed to harsher forms of sexual exploitation.[2] Once the women and girls are trafficked into their destination country, they are forced into prostitution, serving both locals and sex tourists.