sex trafficking

Flooded Houston

Human trafficking is a hidden aftermath of natural disasters

After a natural disaster, people scramble to rebuild their houses, get food and water. But for sex traffickers, it can also be a scramble to cash in.

Human trafficking is a hidden aftermath of natural disasters
Francisca Carmona Garcia holds up a picture of herself, taken in the 1950s

It took a lifetime for this Queens grandma to open up about her experience being trafficked for sex

It took a lifetime for this Queens grandma to open up about her experience being trafficked for sex
A prostitute from Eastern Europe waits for customers along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice

How tech companies are trying to combat trafficking

How tech companies are trying to combat trafficking
Jomo Kenyatta Public Beach

The child sex trade is booming in this Kenyan port city

The child sex trade is booming in this Kenyan port city
Sold film 2

New film about sex trafficking celebrates the resilience of children

New film about sex trafficking celebrates the resilience of children
obama visits malaysia 2015

#WhatObamaShouldKnow about women in Malaysia

We would like to invite you and your friends to help Obama to look at the status of women in the three countries that he will visit next week – Malaysia, Philippines and Turkey.

#WhatObamaShouldKnow about women in Malaysia
The World

The darker side of Thailand's sex industry: trafficking underage girls

In Thailand's underage sex industry, the word "trafficking" as we know it in the West, doesn't get used much. The phrase "buying and selling" is more common. But however you describe it, the practice of taking underage girls from their homes in the north and forcing them into the sex industry in Chiang Mai (and beyond) hasn't gone away.

The darker side of Thailand's sex industry: trafficking underage girls
The World

Breaking it down: The economics of a sex worker in Thailand

Nam has a dream to open her own produce store someday. But it will take her at least four more years in Thailand's sex industry to make it happen. Here's why.

Breaking it down: The economics of a sex worker in Thailand
"Mint", 24, is a former sex worker, now working at NightLight, an organization that hires former prostitutes.

Groups 'rescue' Thai sex workers, whether they want it or not

Under pressure by the US government and American evangelicals, the Thai government has stepped up raids to rescue sex trafficking victims. The trouble is, many of the "rescued" sex workers may not have been trafficked in the first place.

Groups 'rescue' Thai sex workers, whether they want it or not