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a483838··on Stamping Out Online Sex Trafficking May Have Pushed It Underground
As someone who spent 10 years in the business trafficking is indeed rare. In my experience it is mostly through organized crime in LA, SF, and NYC.

Almost all Asian AAMPs are trafficked women. They are snuck in on ships and forced to work to pay their “debt”.

Outside of this women work in prostitution because they need money. A lot of people demonize this work saying how terrible it is, but the reality is an hours work is a days wages at a normal job. That’s very tempting.

Internet ads and online advertising got women off the streets and made things incredibly safer. Women could focus on screening clients instead of attracting them, increasing safety.

a483838··on Stamping Out Online Sex Trafficking May Have Pushed It Underground
Wrong. The buyer had been interested in the site for years. When the decision to sell was made this person was the first contact.

Only after the sale was complete did she realize who she dealt with. It was done through lawyers.

The site sold for 8 figures.

a483838··on Stamping Out Online Sex Trafficking May Have Pushed It Underground
As someone who spent over a decade in the adult industry BackPage was extremely responsible. They had a staff of 70 people dedicated to reporting suspicious ads to police. They were the #1 source of trafficking tips.

Another socially responsible escort ad site was owned by a woman (former sex worker) and was forced to sell to a very shady eastern european gentlemen who is referred to as the trafficking king of europe. She sold because she didn’t want to go to jail.