Like most countries with well-developed market economies, the United States plays a role in fueling the international trade of people. Also, as is the case with most if not all countries affected by human trafficking, the United States is faced with the trafficking of its own citizens within country borders. Sex trafficking of women and children, in particular girls, is the most significant form of domestic trafficking in the United States. Children targeted in these situations by traffickers, who are commonly referred to as “pimps,” are most often runaways or homeless youth. The Williams Institute (2012) conducted a study and found that as many as 40 percent of runaways and homeless youth are members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisesxual, and Transgender (LGBT) community. Labor trafficking is also an issue within the United States, however many of these cases involve individuals trafficked into the country to perform a variety of what are characterized as low-paying jobs.