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• Having a significantly older boyfriend.

• Showing signs of physical trauma such as unexplained bruises, black eye, cuts or other marks.

• Showing signs of emotional trauma including increased fear, anxiety, depression, tension, and/or nervousness.

• If a youth, traveling with an older male or person who is not their guardian.

• If a youth, labelled as a chronic runaway.

• May have multiple delinquent charges.

• Victim has or is currently experiencing homelessness.

• Has special marked tattoos, or branding on his/her body (that he/she might be unwilling to explain).

• Using substances on a regular basis.

• Victim is increasingly absent from school / work or missing from home, with no explanation of their whereabouts.

• Has started accumulating new clothes, shoes, and/or jewelry that he/she can’t account for.

• Has a new cell phone that he/she cannot account for

• Has an increase in income without explanation

• Is very secretive about his/her whereabouts.

• Is chatting online with people his/her parents or friends have never met.

• Has possession of prepaid cards and or hotel keys or receipts.

• Has suddenly changed his/her appearance such as dressing more provocatively.

• Has been charged or has a previous record of prostitution.

• Has an explicitly sexual online profile found on internet community sites, internet classified ads, and/or social media sites.

• Has no identification or is not in control of his/her identification documents.

• Gives conflicting personal information or stories to law enforcement.

• Has multiple or frequent Sexually Transmitted Infections.

• Comes from or has an unstable home environment.

• Has family history in the commercial sex industry.

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