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Airline Crews to Ground Sex Traffickers Heading to Super Bowl

By Linda JonesJan 30th 2011 – 7:18AM
Courtesy of Airline Ambassadors

Courtesy of Airline Ambassadors

DALLAS -- Sex traffickers who plan to come to Dallas to conduct business during the Super Bowl weekend might find themselves grounded if they travel by plane. Employees from at least five airlines will attend a special training session this week to learn how to get better at recognizing sex traffickers among travelers and...

Italy Plans to Denude Forest to Fight Prostitution

By Dave ThierOct 17th 2010 – 11:17AM

(Oct. 17) -- An Italian region struggling with policing the sex trade along a heavily wooded road has come up with a novel solution: Just chop down the forest. According to the Guardian newspaper, the regional government of Abruzzo in central Italy has tried 24-hour patrols, raids and cameras to curb the rampant sex trade...

Sex Trafficking in Spain Linked to Prostitution Ads

By Dana KennedyJul 22nd 2010 – 9:33AM
Cristina Arias, Getty Images

Cristina Arias, Getty Images

(July 22) -- A week after Spain's prime minister angered many of the country's newspaper publishers by calling for a ban on lucrative prostitution ads, one of the few national dailies that refuse to take such ads has launched a three-day front-page investigation linking the ads to sex traffickers. The publication 20...

Sex Trafficking Investigation Focuses on van der Sloot

By David LohrJul 19th 2010 – 7:23PM
AP

AP

(July 19) -- Joran van der Sloot, the Dutch native charged with killing a Peruvian woman and extorting money from the mother of missing U.S. teen Natalee Holloway, may have even more legal problems ahead. Earlier this month, the National Enquirer reported on van der Sloot's alleged involvement in sex trafficking in...

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Conchita Sarnoff: New York Times' Op-ed Confirms US Has Teen Sex Slave Epidemic

By Conchita Sarnoff Apr 23rd 2012 - 06:41PM

Finally, the New York Times ' Nicholas Kristof reports on U.S. teenagers being sold for sex -- sex trafficking in America.

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