TAG / SEX TRAFFICKING

Couple trafficked Thai women to Scotland, burdened them with huge debt and forced them into prostitution to “pay it back.” The perpetrators face years in prison. 

The Daily Beast’s desperation to exercise their anti-Scientology bigotry causes them to ignore the compromised and deeply disturbing backgrounds of their sources.

Backpage was seized and shut down by the government, its founder jailed (after another committed suicide). So why are reporters standing up for the site and its sex trafficking?

A new law sends “a clear message that Arizona will not tolerate child sex trafficking.” But will it effectively deter the crime?

What used to be considered Journalism 101—find and tell a story—has become so rare that it results in a first-person victory lap by a BBC reporter. Media consolidation has broken journalism.

Preying on vulnerable young women, Terrance Jones’ arrest exposes the brutality and misery of sex trafficking. 

Sex trafficking has exploded in the US, with a crime rate some 1,000 times greater than in 2009. It is now the second fastest-growing crime in the world.

Law enforcement reminds men that buying sex is not a “victimless crime,” but one that harms the most vulnerable members of society, who are often enslaved.

As Americans celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act, human rights champion Andrea Powell’s new memoir shows us we still have a very long way to go. 

Heidenry and his lawyer appear confused about the First Amendment and various other facts.