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A Law Enforcement Sweep Picked up 69 Children Being Sold for Sex on the Internet, Street

Posted by Free the Captives on Monday, November 8, 2010, In : Domestic Trafficking

http://abcnews.go.com/News/law-enforcement-child-prostitution-sweep-picks-69-children/story?id=12087740&page=2

Sixty-nine kids who were being sold for sex on the Internet and on street corners are in custody today after a nationwide "Innocence Lost" prostitution sweep.One girl picked up in the sweep was just 12 years old, authorities said.

The undercover, 40-city operation was conducted by the FBI and state and local law enforcement over the weekend. Sixteen juveniles were taken off the ...

Selling sex is not illegal in Sweden, but buying is

Posted by Free the Captives on Saturday, September 25, 2010, In : International Trafficking

By Karl Ritter, Associated Press Writer
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-03-16-sweden-prostitution_N.htm
3/18/2008

STOCKHOLM — Selling sex is not illegal in Sweden, but buying is — a radical approach to prostitution that faced ridicule when it was introduced nine years ago.

Now, while Americans are preoccupied with the downfall of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer in a prostitution scandal, some countries are considering emulating the Swedish model, which prosecutes the client but vie...

Demand Study of the commercial sexual exploitation of girls

Posted by Free the Captives on Thursday, September 16, 2010, In : Domestic Trafficking

View the DEMAND STUDY on the commercial sexual exploitation of girls in the state of Georgia.
http://www.womensfundingnetwork.org/sites/wfnet.org/files/AFNAP/TheSchapiroGroupGeorgiaDemandStudy.pdf

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Houston teen trafficked into prostitution video

Posted by Julie Waters on Thursday, September 9, 2010, In : Houston sex trafficking

'Dear John' billboards tout consequences of soliciting prostitutes on Mannheim strip

Posted by Julie Waters on Tuesday, September 7, 2010, In : Domestic Trafficking

http://www.examiner.com/crime-in-chicago/dear-john

August 29, 2010

Men cruising Mannheim Road looking to buy sex will get a visual cold shower via a pair of anti-prostitution billboards.

The billboards are part of a campaign to curb "johns" who frequent a strip of Mannheim in Leyden Township noted for illicit activities.

In recent weeks, Cook County Sheriff's police have been cited under the Cook County Morals Ordinance, according to Sheriff Tom Dart, who held a news confe...

Johns arrested in MA: names published in newspaper; mayor would like to confiscate their cars

Posted by Free the Captives on Tuesday, September 7, 2010, In : Domestic Trafficking

By John Moss

Herald News Staff Reporter

Police arrest 23 in 'Operation John' prostitution bust

http://www.heraldnews.com/news/x1179100683/Police-arrest-23-in-Operation-John-prostitution-bust

Posted Aug 07, 2010 @ 07:38 PM

Last update Aug 08, 2010 @ 01:15 AM

FALL RIVER —

Responding to numerous complaints of prostitution activity in the do...
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Dallas rehab program treats prostitutes as victims rather than criminals

Posted by Free the Captives on Friday, August 20, 2010,

By SCOTT GOLDSTEIN / The Dallas Morning News
sgoldstein@dallasnews.com
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/yahoolatestnews/stories/082010dnmetpride.2ed50c7.html

After Hurricane Katrina , New Orleans native Mary Mathieu ended up in Dallas, where she struggled with a life of drugs and prostitution.

But she was offered a chance at recovery: Complete a year of comprehensive rehabilitation under the supervision of a Dallas "divert court" and the mi...

Research on Craigslist and Sex trafficking

Posted by Free the Captives on Tuesday, June 29, 2010, In : Domestic Trafficking

Research on Johns shows "Craigslist is by far the most efficient medium" for johns

June 23, 1:04 PM

Human Rights Examiner

Youngbee Dale

http://www.examiner.com/x-24740-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2010m6d23-Research-on-Johns-show--Craigslist-is-by-far-the-most-efficient-medium-for-johns?cid=examiner-email

Womensfundingnetwork.org, recently published a survey research study on johns or men buying sex from children online. The research was based on the survey data consisting 218 johns who answered...

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