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How to Scare a Predator

How to Scare a Predator

Shane Downing writes about sex buyer deterrence and accountability for The Chronicle of Social Change.

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Trafficking at Illicit Massage Parlors Hidden in Plain Sight

Trafficking at Illicit Massage Parlors Hidden in Plain Sight

A new report from Polaris reveals an estimated 9,000 illicit massage businesses across the country

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USA Today: Who buys a trafficked child for sex? Otherwise ordinary men.

USA Today: Who buys a trafficked child for sex? Otherwise ordinary men.

This is the first of 10 columns in the EXPLOITED series, which explores the cultural and economic forces that contribute to commercial sexual exploitation.

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How to Use Sex Trafficking Research: 10 Tips for Journalists

How to Use Sex Trafficking Research: 10 Tips for Journalists

A tip sheet for journalists covering sex trafficking.

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86 Sex Buyers Arrested in Phoenix Police Sting

86 Sex Buyers Arrested in Phoenix Police Sting

Phoenix police vice operations opened a fake massage brothel and arrested 86 men for attempting to buy sex

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We Cannot End Sex Trafficking Without Addressing Demand

We Cannot End Sex Trafficking Without Addressing Demand

Sarah Godoy, anti-trafficking researcher and professor at UCLA, writes for Forbes on tactics that target demand for paid sex, and how members of the community can be involved.

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Tech Bros Bought Sex Trafficking Victims By Using Amazon and Microsoft Work Emails

Tech Bros Bought Sex Trafficking Victims By Using Amazon and Microsoft Work Emails

Nina Burleigh writes for Newsweek about men in the Seattle area who used their work emails at tech companies to purchase sex.

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BBC: The chatbot taking on Seattle’s sex trade

BBC: The chatbot taking on Seattle’s sex trade

BBC North America technology reporter Dave Lee reports on a chatbot that’s deterring men from buying sex and reaching out to women who may be victims of sex trafficking in Seattle. 

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Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Announces Partnership with Demand Abolition 

Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Announces Partnership with Demand Abolition 

 A year after launching the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force, Sheriff Jim McDonnell announced a new partnership with Demand Abolition’s CEASE Network (Cities Empowered Against Sexual Exploitation).

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Curing ‘Johns’: Ten-week course aims to change sex buyers’ lives

Curing ‘Johns’: Ten-week course aims to change sex buyers’ lives

This in-depth report examines Peter Qualliotine’s “Stopping Sexual Exploitation” class for men who have been convicted of sex buying in Seattle.

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New NCAA policy sidesteps paid sex

New NCAA policy sidesteps paid sex

The NCAA has taken a useful step against sexual violence on campus by requiring coaches and athletes to complete a course each year on its prevention. But there’s a glaring omission: the new policy makes no mention of prostitution, a notorious form of sexual abuse.

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Anti-trafficking laws have made great progress

Anti-trafficking laws have made great progress

Members of Congress are writing smarter laws that address the problem at its roots.

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