Child Pornography And Its Effects On Human Trafficking

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In today’s society, you can find just about anything using internet search engines such as Google, Firefox, Internet Explorer, etc. There tend to be many hidden illegal sites that consist from anything of piracy, child pornography, drug trafficking or even human trafficking. Although, when most of these sites are found, they are immediately taken down, but these sites are constantly being put up that it is difficult to take down every single site. In my search, I found a website called backpage.com that is commonly known as an escort service, which allows clients to call and set up an appointment for sexual favors either at a hotel, their home, or any desired destination. While exploring this website, I found explicit photographs of not only women, but men also. I even came as far to find that at one point backpage was promoting child pornography and could possibly promote human trafficking. In Frolik (2013), he states that backpage was a prostitution ring that had thirty five prostitutes working for this site. Kevin Barker was accused of this crime and faces years in prison along with high-priced fines. Law enforcement officers say that Kevin not only had been running back page, but Peekaboodayton.com that also provided ads of prostitution. In Jacobs (2013) it states that a police officer set up an appointment with a woman who offer $160 per hour for sexual activity. It was later discovered that she was beaten and threatened to prostitute for the company. Marcus Washington now faces charges for promoting prostitution and human trafficking. According to the Frolik (2013), the appointment prices just for the women to come to them were about eighty dollars and the women had to give the money to the company. Barker said ... ... middle of paper ... ...have a help hotline for women or even men who are forced to participate in prostitution to help them get out of it and stay away from it. References Frolik, C. (2012, July 6). Escort service really prostitution ring, officials say. Dayton Daily News (OH). Greenberg, A. (2014). DarkList Aims To Be The 'Yelp ' Of Silk-Road-Style Drug Dealers. Forbes.Com, 1. Jacobs, D. (2013, September 27). Knox detectives charge man with human trafficking after prostitution arrest. Knoxville News-Sentinel, The (TN). Martin, J. (2014). Lost on the silk road: Online drug distribution and the ‘cryptomarket’. Criminology & Criminal Justice, 14(3), 351-367. Doi: 10.1177/1748895813505234 Norton, F. (2014, February 19). Wilmington man charged with human trafficking. Star-News (Wilmington, NC). Proofpoint discovers malware campaign targeting vacationers. (2014). Telecomworldwire (M2),

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