Earlier this month, special undercover agents in Tennessee posed as underage girls and posted fake ads for sex on Backpage.com. Then, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) waited…
This post was originally written by Margo Davison with Lisa Thompson, posted on the National Center on Sexual Exploitation’s (NCOSE) website. It has been edited for length….
Everyone knows Facebook’s software is awesome at finding locations and picking out friends’ faces for tags. Now, the company will use its groundbreaking technology to help find bad guys…
Qualitative research with current and former porn performers suggests that sexual exploitation and trafficking are common experiences in the porn industry.
Let’s take a look at what this year’s Federal Trafficking and Trafficking in Persons reports reveal, and the impact of COVID-19 as it relates to exploitation.
Even though the Super Bowl looks different in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, human traffickers aren’t practicing social distancing.
To better understand traffickers and how they commit the crime of trafficking through “force, fraud, or coercion,” we returned to an expert researcher on the subject.
The future of sex trafficking stings is here. The initiative uses fake internet ads that link to AI chatbots who interact with thousands of sex buyers.
The 37-year-old teacher and 17-year-old student used what police labeled a “social media ruse” to obtain sexually explicit images from minors.
Hay allegedly directs an illegal escort service in which he sells “personal sexual encounters” with his LA Direct clients—he forces these clients to participate.
If someone is forced, manipulated into, or threatened into performing any sex act in exchange for money, safety, or to evade punishment, this is trafficking. And it happens regularly in the porn industry.
This former porn performer opened up about his experience with the downfall of the adult industry, and why he had to choose between his health or continuing his career in the adult industry.
