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Since a bunch of sex-trafficking conspiracy theorists (and some well-meaning but misinformed folks) are demanding that I explain myself...
Good news: I already have (at length!). This is probably the best place to start https://reason.com/2015/09/30/the-war-on-sex-trafficking-is/
Since a bunch of sex-trafficking conspiracy theorists (and some well-meaning but misinformed folks) are demanding that I explain myself... Good news: I already have (at length!). This is probably the best place to start https://reason.com/2015/09/30/the-war-on-sex-trafficking-is/
Here's some information on child abductions:
"Enough Stranger Danger! Children Rarely Abducted by Those They Don't Know" https://reason.com/2017/03/31/kidnapping-stats/
(See... oh, everything @FreeRangeKids writes for more)
"Enough Stranger Danger! Children Rarely Abducted by Those They Don't Know" https://reason.com/2017/03/31/kidnapping-stats/
(See... oh, everything @FreeRangeKids writes for more)
Here's how Homeland Security has been fighting human trafficking https://reason.com/2020/05/14/ice-agents-fight-sex-trafficking-by-paying-potential-victims-for-hand-jobs/
From @FreeRangeKids: "No, 1 in 3 Kids Coming Across the Southern Border Are Not Victims of Sex Trafficking" https://reason.com/2020/05/21/sex-trafficking-border-kids-covid-19/
FYI, child sex-trafficking prosecutions have actually decreased since Trump took office https://reason.com/2019/07/18/child-sex-trafficking-prosecutions-down-under-trump/
Here's more on the insane idea that 300,000 kids are "trafficked for sex" in the U.S. each year (a myth that won't die, in part, thanks to Ashton Kutcher)
Here is how the FBI fights human trafficking https://reason.com/2017/03/14/american-sex-police/
Here's how everyone from Kamala Harris to Josh Hawley, Homeland Security agents, and cops & prosecutors across the country are fighting human trafficking https://reason.com/2020/02/02/massage-parlor-panic/
Here's how hotels & NASA scientists are fighting sex trafficking https://reason.com/2019/02/05/hotel-surveillance-state-sex-trafficking/
Here's how prosecutors including @KamalaHarris & @MayorJenny fought sex trafficking & child abuse online https://reason.com/2019/08/26/secret-memos-show-the-government-has-been-lying-about-backpage/
Here's another good example of how the FBI & federal prosecutors fight child sex trafficking https://reason.com/2016/03/04/the-somali-sex-slave-ring-that-wasnt/
If it's starting to look like a lot of what the government calls "fighting human trafficking" actually isn't... congrats, you've stopped being a useful fool for the police state 
