Buyer

John / Buyer / Trick — An individual who pays for or trades something of value for sexual acts.

Vegas’ Dark Side – The Stories of Ex-Prostitutes 🇺🇸
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Vegas’ Dark Side – The Stories of Ex-Prostitutes 🇺🇸

What’s this all about? In this amazing video, Annie, a former sex trafficking victim who worked as a prostitute in Las Vegas, discusses her background, her entry into the industry, her encounters with pimps, and the control they exerted over her life. Annie explains how her initial attraction to the lifestyle was fueled by fantasies…

‘Reach every victim’ and ‘leave no one behind’: Sisters combat human trafficking
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‘Reach every victim’ and ‘leave no one behind’: Sisters combat human trafficking

July 30 is the United Nations’ World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. The theme for this year is “Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind.” Our sister panelists shared what their congregations are doing to eliminate this grave offense against human dignity by responding to the question: What have you or your congregation…

Human trafficking needs coordinated solutions
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Human trafficking needs coordinated solutions

It has been 23 years since the federal government first passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Since then, the global anti-trafficking community has learned much about who is vulnerable to exploitation, traffickers’ business models, what drives the demand and how the problem is evolving in the digital age. While we have moved past many harmful…

Nonprofit leaders address human trafficking realities amid ‘Sound of Freedom’ success | The Alabama Baptist
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Nonprofit leaders address human trafficking realities amid ‘Sound of Freedom’ success | The Alabama Baptist

“Sound of Freedom,” a movie about a mission to rescue children from human trafficking, has become a box office hit. Touted as based on a true story, the film is the story of Tim Ballard, a former Homeland Security agent and founder of an anti-trafficking organization, Operation Underground Railroad, a nonprofit that exists “to rescue children…

Real Footage From the Island Operation In Sound of Freedom
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Real Footage From the Island Operation In Sound of Freedom

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REVIEW: Sound of Freedom movie about Tim Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad
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REVIEW: Sound of Freedom movie about Tim Ballard and Operation Underground Railroad

Overview from Wikipedia: Sound of Freedom is a 2022 American action film directed and co-written by Alejandro Monteverde. It stars Jim Caviezel, Mira Sorvino, and Bill Camp. Caviezel plays Tim Ballard, a former government agent turned vigilante who embarks on a mission to rescue children from sex traffickers in Colombia. It is produced by Eduardo…

Grand Jury Report on Human Sex Trafficking Calls for Increased Resources, Shared Data | The Capistrano Dispatch
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Grand Jury Report on Human Sex Trafficking Calls for Increased Resources, Shared Data | The Capistrano Dispatch

More funding and collaboration is needed to bolster the county’s agencies and stakeholders in combatting human sex trafficking, the Orange County Grand Jury concluded in its latest report published this month. Prior to releasing its findings, the group conducted extensive interviews with county officials, social service personnel and subject matter experts in addition to reviewing…

Empowering service providers to overcome biases and uplift the well-being of boys and young men affected by sexual exploitation
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Empowering service providers to overcome biases and uplift the well-being of boys and young men affected by sexual exploitation

In an ideal world, all young people should have access to safe environments and connections with supportive individuals who prioritize their health and well-being. These spaces would allow them to freely express themselves and pursue their aspirations. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the reality. Many young individuals, especially boys and young men, who have experienced or…

DEREK SMITH: Uniting to battle modern slavery
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DEREK SMITH: Uniting to battle modern slavery

In celebration of June 19, an historic date in history that marked the abolition of slavery in Texas, financial crime professionals are grappling with a different but uncomfortably similar problem: Modern day slavery and human trafficking. The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) defines modern slavery as “an umbrella term that covers a set of…

Personal View: Human trafficking is a community problem
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Personal View: Human trafficking is a community problem

Since 2015, the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking has run ads and billboards with the message “It Happens Here, Too.” Recent local arrests as part of a human trafficking sting — including a former school superintendent — have really awakened people to the notion that human trafficking is not someone else’s problem. Since news of…