What the State Department's New Report Tells Us About Human Trafficking Here and Abroad
Annual report looks at human-trafficking conviction numbers in America and around the world.
Annual report looks at human-trafficking conviction numbers in America and around the world.
Decriminalizing sex work supports "gender apartheid" say the likes of Lena Dunham, Anne Hathaway, and Meryl Streep.
Everything old is new again!
Score one for sex workers, capitalism, and common sense.
Another reminder who really gets targeted under U.S. sex trafficking statutes.
The police "said that this is a common thing," stated the Facebook post gone viral. And yet...
Plaintiffs coerced into prostitution as teens alleged that Backpage was complicit in their trafficking.
FBI says Hortencia Medeles-Arguello, 71, "should have known" some of the women were being controlled by pimps.
Senators sneak through SAVE Act as amendment, creating criminal liability for classified-ad sites.
Loretta Lynch vote also hangs in the balance.
This is one time that lawmakers using abortion as a political tool may be a boon for civil liberties.
In Northern Ireland people can be convicted of paying for sex starting in June.
But gridlock may be the best we can hope for with the "Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act."
"Tough on crime" doesn't die, it just takes new forms
Closing sites like Backpage.com puts trafficking victims at even more risk.
The legislation addresses much more than preventing and punishing traffickers.
What the plan lacks in likelihood to yield results, it makes up for in ensuring police harassment.
At least 270 arrested in Houston prostitution stings since start of 2014
Lawmakers target classified ad sites
Anti-prostitution activists have been equating sex work with slavery for over a century.