Media & Reports

Reports

• Tactic Guide, Charlotte Lapp, 2021

• King County Commercial Sexual Exploitation Cases: The Data Behind The Charges, Benjamin Gauen, 2020

• Ending Exploitation Collaborative 2020 Annual Report

• Commercially Sexually Exploited Children in Seattle/King County, Dr. Debra Boyer, 2019

• Who Buys Sex: Understanding and Disrupting Illicit Market Demand, Demand Abolition 2018

 Media

• Why sex trafficking is especially high in Seattle

  King 5 News. November 4, 2021

• Sex for sale: Aurora Ave. prostitution stirs new requests to Seattle police for crackdown

  KOMO News. October 20, 2021

• Parents, pay attention — Backpage is out, sugaring is in
  My NorthWest. May 15, 2021

• DNA agency built an AI bot that intercepts sex trafficking posts
  Campaign US. March 3, 2021

• Vice Operation Recovers Three Juvenile Sex Trafficking Victims
  Bellevue Beat Blog. December 22, 2020

• SPD is our ally in fighting sex trafficking
  Seattle Times. July 31, 2020

• Kirkland man found guilty of promoting prostitution in Eastside sex trafficking ring
  Kirkland Reporter. July 1, 2020

• Much like safe injection sites, shouldn’t Seattle create safety for sex workers?
  KIRO Radio. November 11, 2018

• Technological tricks can help end sex trafficking: Former IBM vice president
  USA Today. March 12, 2019

• A.I. Joins the Campaign Against Sex Trafficking
  The New York Times Opinion. April 19, 2019

• Jobs must be part of the solution to human trafficking
  The Hill. January 12, 2019

• Bellevue Police Department detectives arrested 12 men as part of an undercover prostitution sting
  Q13 Fox. November 13, 2019.

• A closer look at King County's groundbreaking efforts to fight sex trafficking
  The Seattle Times. March 10, 2016.

• Broaden awareness and engage communities on sex trafficking
  The Seattle Times. January 20, 2016.

• Advocates praise 'unprecedented' sex trafficking arrests
  King 5 News, January 12, 2016.

• Large prostitution ring, Bellevue brothels shut down
  The Seattle Times.  January 7, 2016.

• Seattle-area police free 12 women, seize prostitution website
  Komo news. January 7, 2016.

• New Group Targets People who Solicit Sex Online while at Work
  Seattle Times. September 29, 2015.

• Most Johns Hire Sex Workers while on the Job
  Kiro 7 News. September 29, 2015.

• More arrests made of men seeking underage girls for sex in King County
  The Seattle Times. July 17, 2015.

• Buyer Beware’: early success for initiative targeting johns instead of prostitutes
  The Seattle Times. May 16, 2015.

• Police Target Buyers to Fight Teen Sex Trafficking
  KCTS 9. October 16, 2014.

• Buyer Beware: King County Going after Men Who Buy Sex
  Q13 FOX News. October 15, 2014.

• King County Flips the Script on Prostitution, Targeting Buyers Instead of Sex Workers
  KPLU. October 15, 2014

• Buyer Beware:’ King County Taking Aim at Those Who Pay for Sex
  The Seattle Times. October 15, 2014.