FBI agents and investigators rescued 84 children, 141 adults, and identified or arrested 85 suspects of human trafficking in a nationwide operation.
According to one report on domestic minor sex trafficking, survivors indicate that they were sometimes “advertised” on porn sites.
In one survey of underage sex trafficking victims, 63% said they had been advertised or sold online.
65% of underage victims recruited online in 2020 active criminal sex trafficking cases were recruited through Facebook, while 14% were recruited through Instagram, and 8% were recruited through Snapchat.
59% of online victim recruitment in active sex trafficking cases in the U.S. occurred on Facebook.
83% of active 2020 sex trafficking cases involved online solicitation, which is overwhelmingly the most common tactic traffickers use to solicit sex buyers.
If a porn performer is tricked, manipulated, or coerced during the production of porn, that is legally defined as sex trafficking.
Sex trafficking is a commercial sex act that is brought about by force, fraud, or coercion, or where someone under 18 is involved.
According to a report of prosecuted sex trafficking cases in the U.S., the majority of coercive tactics used by traffickers (59%) were non-physical, compared to 41% of tactics involving physical coercion.
Of the approximately 24.9 million trafficking victims globally, an estimated 4.8 million—about 19%—are trafficked for sex, and more than 1 in 5 sex trafficking victims—an estimated 21%—are children, according to the International Labour Office.
44.6% of underage sex trafficking victims experienced childhood sexual abuse before entry into the commercial sex industry.
Pornography is the 3rd-most common form of sex trafficking, according to cases reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
