JMO, he may also be imprisoning these women and selling access to them for sex to various men. Is that trafficking? I'm not an expert on this, but I assume it doesn't necessarily mean the victim has to be moved from one location to another.
Here's a link to Missouri statutes on sex trafficking
2016 Missouri Revised Statutes :: TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS (556-600) :: Chapter 566 Sexual Offenses :: Section 566.209 Trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation--penalty.
566.209. 1. A person commits the offense of trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation if he or she knowingly recruits, entices, harbors, transports, provides, advertises the availability of or obtains by any means, including but not limited to through the use of force, abduction, coercion, fraud, deception, blackmail, or causing or threatening to cause financial harm, another person for the use or employment of such person in a commercial sex act, sexual conduct, a sexual performance, or the production of explicit sexual material as defined in section 573.010, without his or her consent, or benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in such activities.
2. The offense of trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation is a felony punishable by imprisonment for a term of years not less than five years and not more than twenty years and a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars. If a violation of this section was effected by force, abduction, or coercion, the offense of trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation is a felony punishable by imprisonment for a term of years not less than ten years or life and a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
(L. 2004 H.B. 1487, A.L. 2011 H.B. 214, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1562)
Effective 1-01-17
