Translation: an illicit network of... "johns"

Question

I have a sentence I need translated to Spanish so I can use it in my research paper...it's too complicated for me to translate, but it's exactly what I need to say. Help, please!

"An illicit network of traffickers, pimps, recruiters, brothel owners, and johns preys on vulnerable kids and forces them into a life of sexual commerce."

I've been trying to translate it on my own, so far I've only gotten this far: “un red ilícito de traficantes, proxenetas, reclutadores, dueños de burdeles y..."

If any of that is wrong please correct it! and please help me translate the rest! Thank you!!!!

skwd, I edited for lack of capitalization in your title. Please remember in the future. - Yeser007, May 7, 2011

That word is not supposed to be capitalized...it is a word referring to men who use prostitutes and not the name of a person. It is a more or less technical term that is not supposed to be capitalized. - skwd, May 7, 2011

I disagree, the word is still a proper name as far as I'm concerned and should always be capitalized but I'm open to more correction from others please. - Yeser007, May 7, 2011

Personally I wouldn't use a capital letter as in this context is it nor a proper noun but a class of people. - MaryMcc, May 7, 2011

Nope: john should definitely be lower case. Lower case should also be used when it refers to the toilet. - lorenzo9, May 7, 2011

OK guys, I stand corrected.:) - Yeser007, May 7, 2011

Answer 1

Who are the johns preys?

Instead of proxeneta use cafiche or chulo as that corresponds to the informal pimp.

Una red (ilícita) de traficantes...

Since they are trafficking that makes it illegal, right?

The "John" is the customer of the illicit sex without which there would be none. This makes the "John", at the very least, responsible, if not the predator of the "prey". - Yeser007, May 7, 2011

prey is a verb in this case- - BellaMargarita, May 7, 2011

Answer 2

Estaría bien, pero esos no son los cliente.

Answer 3

que hacen presa de niños vunerables y los obligan a vivir una vida de comercio sexual. How´s that Gekko and Chlieno?

Answer 4

I guess cliente en este caso está bien, porque no usamos otros nombres para un cliente.

El cliente para casos como estos...por ejemplo.

Answer 5

You have done pretty well:

“una red ilícita de traficantes, proxenetas, reclutadores, dueños de burdeles y..." clientes.

I expect that there is some sort of slang term equivalent to "john", but I can't think of one. You can't go wrong with "cliente", though, since that's what a john is.