Ghislaine Maxwell and Human Trafficking

Just when we were getting a little cheerful

It wasn’t human trafficking, Ghislaine?

Jonathon Stempel at Yahoo News writes:

According to a letter from Maxwell's lawyers made public on Monday, a former president of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law would testify that Maxwell's alleged effort to win her accusers' trust did not automatically reflect an intent they be abused. 

The Plan

Just on the surface facts, a troupe of young women were required to sexually service Jeffrey Epstein and his referrals, at his houses and overseas. Many were needed, over a long period of time.

Let’s review the standard human trafficking model. Below is a diagram of the human trafficking process published in a paper by Cathy Zimmerman, Mazeda Hossain, Charlotte Watts (see footnote 1).

The Vulnerable

The target girls, either needing money or missing parents, were vulnerable to lies about an older man who would look out for them. They were kids. They really wanted to believe it. None were from private schools. None had powerful parents. The…