UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE FBI INTERNAL USE ONLY-DO NOT DISSEMINATE EXTERNALLY FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION INTELLIGENCE NOTE (U//FOUO) Affluent Socialites Use Status and Luxuries Likely As a Form of Recruitment to Facilitate Sex Trafficking, Expanding on Traditional Recruitment Methods (U) PREPARED BY FBI NEW YORK 20 AUGUST 2021 (U) LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE: The information marked (U//LES) in this document is the property of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and may be distributed within the federal government (and its contractors), U.S. intelligence, law enforcement, public safety or protection officials, and individuals with a need to know. Distribution beyond these entities without FBI authorization is prohibited. Precautions should be taken to ensure this information is stored and/or destroyed in a manner that precludes unauthorized access. Information bearing the LES caveat may not be used in legal proceedings without first receiving authorization from the originating agency. Recipients are prohibited from subsequently posting the information marked LES on a website on an unclassified network without first obtaining FBI approval. (U) This product expresses the judgments and perspective of this office and may not reflect the national perspective of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Information herein may not be uploaded to any databases, used for any purposes, or disseminated to any other recipient without advance authorization. (U//FOUO) FBI New York assesses affluent socialitesa use their status and luxuries likelyb as a form of recruitment to facilitate sex trafficking, expanding upon traditional recruitment tradecraft. This assessment is made with medium confidence,c based on victim and witness FBI reports all with direct access and open source reporting. (U//FOUO) FBI New York bases this assessment on the key assumption luxurious atmosphere and influence of people with power often pressure individuals to engag