sex trafficking

Ending the Silence Around the $99 Billion Global Sex Slavery Market

By Sunitha Krishnan

An Ancient Curse Kept Nigerian Women Bound to Sex Slavery. Now, It's Been Reversed

By Aryn Baker

Critics Say Sex Trafficking Bill Hurts LGBT, Sex Workers

By Nash Jenkins

Accused Sex Trafficker Wants Trial Delayed Because of #MeToo

By Casey Quackenbush
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Lawmakers Must Champion Victims of Sex Trade and Human Trafficking

'While there’s been some progress, today we are seeing a setback from the halls of power'

By Lauren Hersh

Two Ministers Arrested in Tennessee Prostitution String

More than 30 people were arrested this month in a sting operation

By Daniel White

Playboy Won't Feature Nude Women. This Is Not a Victory for Feminism

Playboy magazine announced on Oct. 13 that it would no longer run photos of naked ladies in its pages. What this means is that the world is now a slightly less welcoming place for stacked...

By Belinda Luscombe

Sex Buyers: Why Cops Across the U.S. Target Men Who Buy Prostitutes

Story by Charlotte Alter Videos by Diane Tsai Cook County / Ill. *Some names have been changed to protect the safety of the individuals involved. It’s rare to see a grown man cry. But in...

Amnesty International Wants to Decriminalize Sex Work

Argues that laws that stigmatize sex workers violate human rights

By Charlotte Alter

Visa Nixes Cards as Payment Option for Sex Ads

The only way to post a sex ad on Backpage.com will be through Bitcoin

By Charlotte Alter

Eva Longoria: Helping Women Changes Communities for the Better

The activist and actress teamed up with Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn to shed light on teen pregnancy, sex trafficking and other problems facing women

By Charlotte Alter

Why Is It Congress Seems Concerned With Families Only When Sex Trafficking Is at Issue?

It's an old tradition in America, going back to the Mann Act of 1910

By History News Network

Campaign Against Sex Trafficking Launches on Tinder

Swipe right for awareness

By Eliza Berman

How to Spot a Sex Trafficking Victim at a Hotel

Happens in five star hotels as well as slummy ones

By Belinda Luscombe

In Defense of Johns

I'm not ashamed to pay for sex—and other men shouldn't be either

By Jim Norton

Ramadan, Day 12: Sex Slavery and Objectification of Women

We are desperately in need of a cultural shift in how we think of women.

By Sohaib N. Sultan

FBI Recovers 168 Children From Sex Trafficking

The weeklong operation took place in more than 100 cities

By Nolan Feeney

Trafficking Activist Somaly Mam Is Accused of Faking Her Life Story

Following a Newsweek article, and a legal probe that found several alleged inconsistencies in her oft-cited biography, Mam has quit the NGO she helped found

By Per Liljas

Inside the Scarily Lucrative Business Model of Human Trafficking

New report estimates almost $100 billion annual profits in sex trafficking alone.

By Belinda Luscombe

The Modern Slave Trade

The Boko Haram schoolgirl abductions are only one example of the global scourge of human trafficking

By Belinda Luscombe
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