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Recent news broke out that a 10-year-old Californian girl had been found more than 250 miles from home after allegedly being lured by a 27-year-old man she met through the popular online gaming platform Roblox. Court documents revealed that the man, Matthew Naval, picked her up in the early morning and drove her hours away, where they were eventually found together in a parking lot. Naval is now being held on kidnapping and multiple child sex-related charges.

The girl told investigators she initially believed they were just going to a park near her home. But as the drive continued, she ...

Human Trafficking Prevention Month serves as a crucial reminder of the ongoing battle against sex trafficking. For years, society has relied heavily on the criminal justice system and victim advocacy to address the national crisis of human trafficking. While these efforts are invaluable, there is an underutilized avenue for combating trafficking that has the potential to create systemic change: the civil justice system. This tool actively disrupts trafficking networks by delivering justice for survivors, holding profiteers accountable, and cutting off the resources ...

Sexual violence against Native American women living on reservations in the United States is an ongoing crisis, deeply rooted in historical oppression, systemic neglect, and jurisdictional complexity. Native women experience sexual assault at rates that are shockingly disproportionate compared to other groups; four in five American Indian and Alaska Native women (84.3 percent) have experienced violence in their lifetime; 56.1 percent have experienced sexual violence; one in three Native American women reports being raped during their lifetime, a rate 2.5 times higher than that of women from other racial groups. Understanding and addressing this problem requires an exploration of the factors that contribute to it, including historical violence and structural barriers to justice.