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by Minor49er 1425 days ago
The title of this article should have also included trafficking. While it has an overlap with prostitution, it is a heinous, misunderstood, and overlooked issue. It was also the primary reason for why Craigslist removed the Personals section.

The Department of Homeland Security has a great section on their website about human trafficking, what it is, how to identify it, how to report it, and so on:

https://www.dhs.gov/blue-campaign/what-human-trafficking

Also, Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS) has been doing a great job at not just helping to raise awareness of the issue, but also has directly helped trafficking victims get out of dangerous situations and back onto healthy paths in life:

https://www.gems-girls.org/

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If anyone would like to explain why this is being downvoted, I would appreciate it