Human Trafficking Bust In Saverna, Maryland

by Justice | May 11, 2019 | human trafficking solutions

Investigators say Peay had met the victim — a 14-year-old girl — using social media. Peay had paid the girl money and subsequently had sex with her in late April at a Silver Spring hotel. Read More

Seedy Website “Backpage” Shut Down!

by Justice | Apr 7, 2018 | human trafficking prevention, human trafficking solutions

We are happy to announce… U.S. law enforcement agencies have seized the sex marketplace website Backpage.com as part of an enforcement action by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to a posting on its website on Friday. Read...

This Could Be Your Daughter

by Justice | Nov 7, 2017 | human trafficking prevention, human trafficking solutions

Corinna Slusser, a 19-year-old college student, was last seen at the Haven Motel on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park on Sept. 20 — and cops now fear she’s trapped in a prostitution ring. Read...

Man Gets 30 Years for Prostituting Underage Girls

by Justice | Sep 20, 2017 | human trafficking solutions

A Texas man promised two underage girls lives filled with luxury and riches–but actually groomed them for prostitution and confiscated their earnings–got 30 years in federal prison. Read...

France Adopts Nordic Model of Convicting Johns

by Justice | Apr 24, 2016 | human trafficking solutions

‘Criminals are businessmen; they calculate profits, marketing factors and risks of getting caught before investing time and money into selling women in a particular place. Our job is to do everything possible to create a bad market for traffickers. Prostitution...

Holding Sex Buyers Accountable

by Justice | Apr 24, 2016 | human trafficking solutions

It’s a myth that prostitution is a victimless crime, and that what “consenting” adults do behind closed doors is their business. As an exited survivor of the sex trade, I can assure you: a vast majority of those sold in the trade are not there because they want to be,...