A Report on the Use of Technology to Recruit, Groom and Sell Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Victims

A Report on the Use of Technology to Recruit, Groom and Sell Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Victims

A Report on the Use of Technology to Recruit, Groom and Sell Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Victims

Thorn’s mission is to drive technology innovation to combat the sexual exploitation of children. In an effort to do this most effectively, Thorn commenced a survivor survey in 2012 to understand the ways in which controllers leverage various technology platforms to recruit, groom and sell domestic minors. The purpose of this report is to disseminate the results of the survivor survey and to inform key anti-trafficking stakeholders in the private, non-profit and public sectors about general trends at the intersection of technology and domestic minor sex trafficking.