According to the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, in Peru’s Madre de Dios region, where over 90% of gold is illegally extracted, mining towns like Delta 1 and La Rinconada have become hubs for sex trafficking, where girls as young as 12 are forced into prostitution. Delta 1 alone houses approximately 2,000 sex workers, 60% of whom are minors. Weak enforcement, corruption, and the region’s economic dependence on mining perpetuate this abuse.