Anti-sex trafficking advocates have high hurdles with online frontier

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as a centerpiece in The State Press on Sept. 26, 2013, Vol. 100 Issue 6

Lois Lucas, an intake specialist at the DIGNITY Programs in Phoenix, holds a starfish that was given to her at the diversion program. Women who enter the diversion program at DIGNITY often make starfish keychains and jewelry during their stay. (Photo by Dominic Valente)

​PHOENIX -- Sex trafficking remains a serious issue in the Phoenix-metro area, but as the black-market business continues to move online law enforcement and those working to end the practice have an overwhelming task in front of them.

From the efforts of law enforcement to the personal experience of one woman who spent years in prostitution, this story examines the online world of sex trafficking and how it is more closer and more prevalent than many people think.

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