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On the recordJuly 31, 2017
A couple of decades ago sex traffickers and buyers conducted their illegal transactions in dark alleys and back streets. Today these criminal transactions have moved online.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Blumenthal highlights the shift of sex trafficking from physical locations to online platforms.

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