### Question
How does TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION define sex trafficking?


### Answer
Under *22 U.S.C. § 7102*, **sex trafficking** is defined as:

> the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, obtaining, patronizing, or soliciting of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act

#### Citation:
  - *22 U.S.C. § 7102*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 78-TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION**

