Policing Sex Trafficking in the ‘Virtual Red-Light District’: A Research Note

Xavier L’Hoiry; Alessandro Moretti; Georgios A. Antonopoulos

doi:10.3390/socsci11080319

Policing Sex Trafficking in the ‘Virtual Red-Light District’: A Research Note

Xavier L’Hoiry, Alessandro Moretti, Georgios A. Antonopoulos^*

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Abstract

Working alongside a police force in the United Kingdom, the study briefly presented in this note, sought to create an analytical tool (the Sexual Trafficking Identification Matrix—STIM) with which policing actors could distinguish between Adult Services Website (ASW) profiles posted by independent sex workers and profiles created by traffickers. Distinguishing between these will potentially allow law enforcement agencies to prioritise their investigatory efforts more efficiently.

Original language	English
Article number	319
Number of pages	3
Journal	Social Sciences
Volume	11
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11080319
Publication status	Published - 22 Jul 2022

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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human trafficking
organised crime
sex work
policing

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