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4 questions answered on sex trafficking in the US

  • Written by Monti Datta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
Hotels and motels along major highways are common spots for sex trafficking.Ken Stocker/shutterstock.com

The revelations about billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who is accused of sex trafficking girls, paint a grim picture of sex trafficking in the U.S. The buying and selling of human beings is strong in America more than 150 years since the end of the...

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