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An anti-trafficking operation called 'Lost Angels' found 33 missing children in Los Angeles
The bureau was able to locate the missing children, particularly those who have been or were suspec…
Bre'Anna Grant
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More than 90 anti-trafficking organizations are denouncing QAnon in an open letter
Anti-trafficking organizations say QAnon's claims are harming the actual work they do to prevent se…
Kelly McLaughlin
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QAnon believers say they want to stop sex-trafficking. Sex-trafficking survivors say the movement is 'infuriating.'
Survivors told Insider they felt exploited by the QAnon movement, which has been known to regularly…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Facebook is 'overwhelmingly' used by sex traffickers who recruit victims online, according to a new report
About 60% of all active human sex trafficking victims in the US recruited online in 2020 were on Fa…
Katie Canales
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QAnon followers say Trump is a savior for trafficked children. The Justice Department has been going after fewer cases on his watch.
According to a report from the Human Trafficking Institute, there were 73 new federal trafficking c…
Kelly McLaughlin
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US Marshals found 39 missing children in a 2-week operation, 15 of whom they say were sex-trafficking victims
The US Marshals located 39 missing children in Georgia, and arrested nine suspects on charges that …
Michelle Mark
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Scam USPS texts falsely linked to human trafficking in viral posts
Misinformation on social media convinced many that a text scam claiming to be from the United State…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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Ukrainian women and girls are in danger of sex trafficking as they flee war
Ilias Chatzis, who leads a UN team countering Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling, spoke to Ins…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Matt Gaetz is under investigation on suspicion of violating federal sex-trafficking laws. In 2017, he cast the only vote against a human trafficking bill.
Gaetz defended his lone vote against the anti-human trafficking bill saying voters didn't send him …
Erin Snodgrass
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A federal lawsuit accuses Virginia police of covering up a sex trafficking ring in exchange for sexual services from the victims
It accused five high ranking police officers, including the chief, of protecting the trafficking ri…
Matthew Loh
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Ghislaine Maxwell pleads not guilty to new sex-trafficking charges at her first court appearance since her arrest
A new indictment alleges Ghislaine Maxwell recruited and trafficked a 14-year-old, identified only …
Michelle Mark
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34 women are suing Pornhub and its parent company, accusing the site of profiting from trafficked videos of them
One of the plaintiffs was first trafficked at age seven, and at one point was trafficked by Jeffrey…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Arizona police investigating sex trafficking at massage parlor solicited sex acts from potential victims: report
Two undercover Flagstaff officers investigating massage parlors in Arizona allowed potential sex tr…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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The Justice Department is tackling a rise in violent crime by launching gun trafficking 'strike forces' in five cities
The DOJ will monitor gun trafficking routes to major US cities and work with local law enforcement …
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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QAnon believers think there's a vast cabal snatching up children in kidnappings, but almost every child reported missing turns out to be a runaway
An anti-trafficking expert told Insider that sex trafficking is often misrepresented in the public …
Kelly McLaughlin
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GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Rep. Matt Gaetz 'needs to resign' amid sex-trafficking investigation
Kinzinger is the first Republican in Congress to call for Gaetz's resignation after a new report su…
Kelsey Vlamis
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UPDATED: How a viral tweet thread about a Black woman's hotel stay sparked calls to combat human trafficking.
After a Twitter user's claim of an attempted break-in went viral, calls to combat human trafficking…
Gwen Aviles
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JPMorgan executives rejected request from in-house human trafficking experts to sever ties with 'that scum Epstein'
Members of the bank's human trafficking initiative were concerned that doing business with Epstein …