Education & Insights on the Issue of Sex Trafficking
Education is the first line of defense against sex trafficking and child exploitation. By providing expert insights, survivor stories, and research-backed resources, we help individuals and communities become difference makers, leading to lasting change.
Understanding Human Trafficking
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Resources for Parents
Understanding Human Trafficking
Sounding the Alarm: Why the Fight Against CSAM Can’t Wait
ARLINGTON, Texas — Sex crimes against children are surging online, creating a backlog of digital evidence piling up faster than police officers across the US can sort through. Cyber tips for child sexual abuse material (CSAM) cases have tripled nationwide since 2020. This leaves police departments facing a logjam of…
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Understanding Human Trafficking
The Transformative Shift in Prosecuting Sex Trafficking and Child Exploitation
Learn how survivor-centered approaches are transforming justice systems, with groundbreaking results in Tarrant County, Texas. As the conversation around human trafficking gains urgency in the public eye, a transformative shift puts survivor care at the center of the process, from the first intervention on the streets all the way to…
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Research and Trends
Understanding Human Trafficking
Human Trafficking Statistics and Facts In 2024
From high profile cities in the United States to remote locations around the world, human trafficking is a relatively silent epidemic that impacts communities everywhere.
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Internet Safety for Parents: Guiding Children Through the Digital Age
Internet safety has become every parent's critical responsibility as kids navigate social media and online games with increasing exposure to exploitation and predators. Learn practical strategies to protect children while encouraging safe digital engagement.
Understanding CSAM: Equipping Communities to Protect and Prevent
Child sexual abuse material (CSAM), commonly known as child pornography, is a crime plaguing lives on a global scale. To date, Google has reported 2.8 million instances of CSAM to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Learn more about this growing issue here.
What Is Sextortion?
Sextortion is a growing problem for young people today. At Our Rescue, we want you to be empowered to keep predators out of your homes via the internet. This free guide helps individuals understand sextortion and how to address the topic with children and teens.
Our Rescue Perspectives
Candid discussions with Our Rescue experts about the challenges in combating sex trafficking and child exploitation. Together, we can bring about change through action and advocacy.
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Survivor Care
“I Thought My Life Was Over”: Aisha’s Story of Survival and Strength
*Survivor name changed for privacy Aisha * was only 17 when her world changed. She left her village in Eastern Uganda believing she found work at a domestic job in neighboring Kenya. But the promise was a lie. What awaited her instead was exploitation, isolation, and fear. Far from home,…
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Operations
109 Children Rescued, 244 Arrested in Statewide Crackdown
In May 2025, hundreds of law enforcement officers across North Texas joined forces for one mission: to rescue children. Operation Soteria Shield, a month-long effort led by the FBI Dallas and the North Texas Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, targeted individuals exploiting minors online, and what unfolded was…
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Albanian State Police Bring Down Multi-National Trafficking Network
Forty-four Colombian women thought they were leaving home for better opportunities. Promises of work and a better future drew them thousands of miles from home, all the way to Albania. But when they arrived, the truth quickly unraveled. There were no jobs waiting, only control, violence, and sexual exploitation. We…
Mission Stories
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Survivor Care
“I Thought My Life Was Over”: Aisha’s Story of Survival and Strength
*Survivor name changed for privacy Aisha * was only 17 when her world changed. She left her village in Eastern Uganda believing she found work at a domestic job in neighboring Kenya. But the promise was a lie. What awaited her instead was exploitation, isolation, and fear. Far from home,…
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Blogs
Homepage Featured
Operations
109 Children Rescued, 244 Arrested in Statewide Crackdown
In May 2025, hundreds of law enforcement officers across North Texas joined forces for one mission: to rescue children. Operation Soteria Shield, a month-long effort led by the FBI Dallas and the North Texas Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, targeted individuals exploiting minors online, and what unfolded was…
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Blogs
Homepage Featured
Operations
Albanian State Police Bring Down Multi-National Trafficking Network
Forty-four Colombian women thought they were leaving home for better opportunities. Promises of work and a better future drew them thousands of miles from home, all the way to Albania. But when they arrived, the truth quickly unraveled. There were no jobs waiting, only control, violence, and sexual exploitation. We…
Our Rescue announcements
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Our Rescue Announces the “ICAC CONNECT” Program, Designed to Equip Law Enforcement in the Fight Against Sex Trafficking and Online Child Exploitation
Minneapolis, MN — June 23, 2025 — Our Rescue formally announces the launch of the first-ever program called “ICAC Connect,” designed to support North American Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces by providing advanced investigative tools, data analytics, ICAC Officer Training Scholarships, and community-driven funding to combat online child exploitation, particularly CSAM (child sexual abuse…
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Our Rescue and We Fight Monsters partner to build “Hope House” in Memphis, TN
Memphis, TN (May 22, 2025) – In a united effort to support survivors of sex trafficking in the U.S., Our Rescue and We Fight Monsters have signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to renovate and complete construction of a new “Hope House” – a Recovery House for Survivors.
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Arctic Quest: 8,000-Mile Motorcycle Ride Honors Indigenous Women and Girls Our Rescue, Mental Health Tech Company and First Nations Advocate Unite to Raise Awareness and Funds for Trafficking Survivors
Minneapolis, MN (May 2, 2025) – To mark National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on May 5, Our Rescue, a global non-governmental organization dedicated to combating sex trafficking and child exploitation, is partnering with First Nations advocate Esther Howard from the…
OUR RESCUE MENTIONS IN THE NEWS
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Arrest of -3- individuals, members of a criminal organization, who were active in the trafficking of women in Thessaloniki, 5/15/25.
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A Dog Trained to Protect Children Also Saved My Own Life, 6/12/25.
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Illegal massage parlors across US targeted in major human trafficking bust, 5/30/25.
Human Trafficking Training Center’s Dan Nash and Safe House Project CEO Kristi Wells join ‘America’s Newsroom’ after dozens of victims and traffickers are uncovered in 19 states.
