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Linda Smith’s Testimony to the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. This Testimony is entitled “Domestic Sex Trafficking: the prostitution of America’s children.” House Committee on...

Full of hopes and aspirations, thousands of women and children end up trafficked into the United States each year by false promises of a better opportunity, school or the fulfillment of a...

by Linda Smith, President and Founder, Shared Hope International Recent news reports have highlighted the role of Craigslist in facilitating commercial sex involving minors – domestic minor sex trafficking. However, as we...

The Swedish Approach to Prostitution: Could it work in the U.S.? Since 1999, Sweden has taken a unique approach to prostitution.  In Sweden, it’s a crime to pay for sex. Prostitutes (mostly...

For the past eleven years, Sweden has taken a unique approach to prostitution.  In 1999, the Swedish government passed a law making it a crime to pay for sex.  The selling of...