TAG / SEX TRAFFICKING

With Backpage and its imitators shut down, DOJ is offering restitution using recovered funds—but paperwork and deadlines pose hurdles for survivors.

The indictments mark a turning point as Taiwan strengthens anti-trafficking laws, expands cross-border cooperation and pledges protection for victims who testify.

UK authorities are probing “pimping websites”—online platforms that increasingly fuel sex trafficking and leave victims harder to reach and regulators scrambling to catch up.

Five hotel operators face labor and sex trafficking charges after a law enforcement action rescued 27 victims and exposed dire conditions in Nebraska hotels, echoing abuses documented across the country.

Arrests include prominent figures and foreign nationals, exposing the reach of modern slavery in Florida—one of the nation’s top trafficking states.

Last year, Germany slashed victim detections by 75 percent. The results are in—are other countries paying attention?

As one of the most profitable illegal trades in America, human trafficking is everywhere—and sometimes the individuals fueling this system are those we least expect. 

By exposing the sex trafficking that goes on everywhere, these filmmakers are advocates for the kind of change that can only start with awareness.

For sexual exploitation or forced labor, slavery continues—not only unabated, but growing to as many as 65 million victims worldwide.

The owners were jailed and the website assets confiscated, but the role of Tony Ortega—Backpage’s notorious sex trafficking champion—remains to be fully explored.