His new organization, Generation Freedom, will "press the next President to make human trafficking a top priority" with a significantly higher budget.
People are bombarded with misleading statistics about rape, child abductions, and sex trafficking. Should we blame them for being afraid?
No evidence of a real sex-trafficking epidemic? No problem! The state has ways of creating sex traffickers...
Score one for capitalism and economic liberalization: countries with freer markets handle human trafficking better, say researchers.
Korean spas in New York City are the latest target of our national vice squad.
"Congress did not sound an uncertain trumpet when it...chose to enact broad protections to internet publishers," held the appeals court.
The chief result of the stings-which involved Homeland Security and the FBI-was the arrest of 14 sex workers and 14 men seeking sex from undercover cops.
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Obviously, the vice cops are the clowns here. Unfortunately, their idea of entertainment is depriving people of their liberty and livelihoods.
How two troubled teens and a cop with a cause got dozens of Somali immigrants on the hook for child sex trafficking.
He's right, but not for the reasons he thinks.
"I've heard this is happening at Target, Walmart & Kmart; often in the mornings/before lunch."
The measure is now awaiting the signature of Democratic Gov. Kate Brown.
From telling hotel workers to look for used condoms to shuttering escort sites to nation-wide stings, cops are going after prostitutes with new energy.
Don't worry, the feds will fix those for you.
About 567 people were arrested on sex-trafficking charges in 2012, up from 17 arrests in 2003.
Part one: no evidence that increasing penalties is linked to an increase in arrests or prosecutions.
Another example of how topsy-turvy our understanding of "sex trafficking" has become in America.
In addition to sex-worker arrests, 552 people "would-be sex buyers" were arrested for soliciting undercover cops, to the tune of at least $187,000 in fines.
In Ohio, learning to spot the "signs" of human trafficking is now a requirement for cosmetology licenses.
For the first time in U.S. history, some citizens may be singled out for scarlet letters on their passports.
Three female lawmakers want to decriminalize prostitution in New Hampshire. But Rep. Dick Marston has "a problem with this bill from a woman's point of view."
Human trafficking issues are raised to make site operators look bad, but the charges don't match.
"Flight Attendants and airline employees will be the 'boots in the air' fighting human trafficking," say federal officials.
Frequent minibar-restock requests and refusal of maid service for several days also listed among signs you might be a sex trafficker.
Here's what we know about the takedown of The Review Board and 12 allegedly associated brothels.
New laws (ostensibly) related to human trafficking take effect in Florida, Illinois, New York, and North Dakota this month.
Federal agents are more than happy to spend their time playing website whack-a-mole when there are assets to seize.
Following a First Amendment win against Illinois Sheriff Tom Dart, Backpage.com has filed a civil action against the U.S. Attorney General.
Members of the South Korean pop group "Oh My Girl" fall victim to U.S. sex-trafficking hysteria.
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A federal appeals court tells Tom Dart to stop threatening payment processors that do business with the classified-ad site.
Loretta Lynch claims "hundreds of sex traffickers" were recently arrested by the FBI. It's not true.
"Defiance of a congressional subpoena is rare, and it's serious," says Sen. Rob Portman.
The biggest outcome of this costly and time-consuming FBI mission seems to be the arrest of 30 adults on old-fashioned vice charges.
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Cali legislators heard diverse views on sex work and sex trafficking Tuesday.
How can cops be trusted to enforce prostitution laws fairly when they can't keep their dicks in their pants?
Operation Cross Country is billed as a way to rescue sex-trafficked children but it's essentially a federally funded vice sting.
Amnesty International offices around the world to be targeted this month in protest of AI's support for decriminalizing sex work.
Leftist political mag Mother Jones is serving as a mouthpiece for sex-trafficking propaganda from religious nonprofit Covenant House.
But grant hungry activists and vice squads want you to think they are.
Anti-trafficking efforts includes everything from offering or soliciting paid sex, to living with a sex worker, to running a classified advertising website.
And the results will be just as disastrous, for "perpetrators" and "victims" alike.
North Carolina lawmakers want to teach sex-trafficking scare stories to school children.
"Jail time should be understood" for those caught soliciting prostitution says Indiana AG Greg Zoeller.
Only a few million arrests to go and surely we'll stamp out this prostitution fad, by golly...
At stake: Possessing a firearm during a "crime of violence" adds five extra years to a felony sentence.
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