U.S. law enforcement: when "rescue" becomes exploitation
The criminalization of sex work in the U.S., barring the state of Nevada, further complicates and undermines efforts to tackle sex trafficking, the Washington Post reports. Like many countries, in the U.S., there is a dangerous conflation of sex work and sex trafficking due to the criminalization and stigmatization of sex work. U.S. law enforcement tends to treat all sex work as potential instances of trafficking. Police often go undercover to visit