• Traffickers coerce victims through traditional spiritual practices. (United States of America Department of State, 2020)
• Traffickers force foreign and South African LGBTI persons to engage in commercial sex acts. (United States of America Department of State, 2020)
• Traffickers sometimes employ forced drug use to coerce sex trafficking victims. (United States of America Department of State, 2020)
• Mozambican crime syndicates facilitate trafficking from the eastern border of the Kruger National Park, using the same route to facilitate other illicit crimes. (United States of America Department of State, 2020)
• Traffickers exploit young men from neighboring countries who migrate to South Africa for farm work. (United States of America Department of State, 2020)

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The gender most affected by trafficking in both 2019 and 2018 are adult males, with an increase in numbers in 2019. In 2019, adult women were the second-highest category having increased greatly from the previous year, while in 2018, young girls were the second-highest gender category trafficking but saw a decrease in 2019. (United States of America Department of State, 2020)