Let’s start by mentioning Molly Hackett and Jane Quinn. They created a mobile app called TraffickCam to fight against another terrible reality facing girls and women: sex trafficking. Traffickers often take photos advertising victims in hotel rooms and post them online. It’s difficult for law enforcement to identify exactly where such pictures are taken, but, according to Molly and Jane, eliciting the public for info actually helps.
Their TraffickCam app, which has been downloaded more than 100,000 times, allows hotel guests to upload photos of specific hotel rooms, which are then synced in a database that enables law-enforcement officers to identify the exact hotels in which this kind of terrible activity occurs. Thanks, ladies, for empowering people and organizations with the resources, knowledge and networks to help fight sex trafficking.