
President Trump signs FOSTA to fight human sex trafficking
President Trump signed H.R. 1865, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA), on Wednesday. The anti-human trafficking bill was passed by both houses of Congress. Photo/Sawso.org Trump More...

South Korean Court Rules on US Troops
In South Korea’s flawed democracy, lawsuits against the government for violation of human rights hardly ever succeed. Information to use as evidence are in the government’s hands and resources available to accusers More...

House passes human trafficking bill, targeting online sex trade, sites like backpage.com
The U.S. House of Representatives passed an historic legislative package to fight online sex trafficking, by a vote of 388 to 25. The legislation included H.R. 1865 the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online More...

Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation to Walgreens, Target: Remove the ‘dehumanizing’ SI Swimsuit issue
The new Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue is making headlines with their “#MeToo” theme, despite having the models pose nude, and the Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation is calling on retailers to More...

Chicago sex trafficking sting net 31 arrests, national total of arrests tops 600
Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart’s office said that south suburban police arrested 31 sex buyers as part of a nearly monthlong national sex trafficking sting operation. Dart’s office stated that nationally, More...

National Center on Sexual Exploitation conducts awareness of sex trafficking during Super Bowl
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is conducting its annual Tackle Demand activism campaign to shed light on the sex trafficking that occurs every year at the Super Bowl. While the claim that More...

North Carolina human trafficking sting leads to arrests of Autumn Beal, Gregory Sterling, Alicia Halstead
The FBI and Hagerstown Police Department charged three people during a human-trafficking sting that was conducted Tuesday at hotels in the city. Hagerstown police said in a news release that the undercover operation More...

Florida Sheriff Grady Judd to church: ‘reality is there is human trafficking in Polk County’
Florida’s Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd brought a serious message about human trafficking Sunday to the First United Methodist Church in Auburndale, calling for more active participation in the battle against More...

Outcry Spring 2018 Tour dates set, includes Elevation Worship, Bethel Music, Mosaic MSC and Vertical Worship
OUTCRY announces dates and the line-up for the 14-city OUTCRY: Spring 2018 Tour. OUTCRY began four years ago as a hallmark, a line in the sand, a stake in the ground. It was the mark of something that truly More...

Netflix’s Sex trafficking show offends activists: there are NOT ‘Baby prostitutes only raped children’
Fifty-six survivors of sex trafficking and/or subject matter experts, social service providers, and advocates for the abolition of sexual exploitation sent a letter to Netflix executives today to express their deep More...

Maryland police have arrested Abiathar Vance, charged with three counts of human trafficking
Police in Maryland have charged a man with human trafficking after authorities said he trapped a 16-year-old girl into prostitution. Frederick police said Abiathar Vance, 39, was with a 16-year-old girl whom he More...

Sexual exploitation activists attack HBO’s ‘The Deuce’ ‘their use of the pornography and prostitution’ as entertainment
The final episode of the first season of HBO’s new show, The Deuce, will air Sunday night, bringing to a close, for now, yet another HBO series that profits off of the sexual exploitation of women. “HBO’s More...

Cornelius Wells, Oshay Small arrested for child sex trafficking in Texas, Arizona
Police have arrested two men accused of child sex trafficking multiple victims in Arizona and Texas. Oshay Small Mesa police detailed how Oshay Small, 24, and 21-year-old Cornelius Wells were arrested near Metro More...

Ohio: Akron couple, Darren Townsend and Pearl Coffey indicted on human trafficking charges
An Akron couple was indicted Friday on several human trafficking charges, authorities said. Darren Townsend, 37, and Pearl Coffey, 34, are charged with multiple counts of compelling prostitution, trafficking in More...

Los Angeles human trafficking task force rescues three ‘commercially sexually exploited children’ arresting 36
From Compton comes news that a multi-agency human trafficking operation has arrested three dozen and rescued three girls this week. L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies worked undercover as part of a Los Angeles More...

FBI arrest Cornelius Lykes, aka Premo Finesse in human trafficking ring all along east coast
A Greenville, South Carolina man is accused of promoting prostitution, facilitating prostitution activity in locations throughout the East Coast and faces several charges including human trafficking by force, fraud More...

Waco, Texas investigation uncovers human trafficking ring, 16 China women victims
A local investigation uncovered an international human trafficking ring that has victimized about 16 Chinese women, McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara said. The human trafficking investigation in the Waco More...

Ohio: Lerenzo White, Justice White, Justin White indicted after human trafficking arrest
A federal grand jury has indicted a Columbus man with five counts of human trafficking. Lerenzo White, 30, who operates under nicknames “Justice” and “Justin,” is accused of trafficking More...

#TackleDemand attempts to target sex trafficking at Super Bowl with message ‘don’t buy sex’
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) is launching a new awareness campaign with over 20 partners to target demand for sex trafficking at the Super Bowl and beyond. “How do you stop sex trafficking More...

Anti-Sexual Violence, human trafficking groups unite to fight against California’s move to legalize prostitution
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation submitted an amicus brief yesterday to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of ESPLERP v. Gascón. Twelve other nonprofit organizations working to combat sexual More...