ST. LOUIS — The organizer of a national conference on child sex trafficking says middle school students are being targeted. The conference in St. Louis this week featured leading experts on child Read more ...

Fat Tuesday may be a big night for sex trafficking, according to activists who rescue girls from sex slavery. A coalition of volunteers from around the country, gathered in St. Louis this week, to attack Read more ...

The average starting age is 13. They are girls who grow up in bad neighborhoods with broken families, girls who drop out of school and run away. They are also girls who grow up in the suburbs and get straight Read more ...

ST. LOUIS - You might expect advocates, law enforcement and business leaders at a conference to end sex trafficking. You might not expect 100 women from across the country who usually live among the Read more ...

It's a topic that’s rarely discussed, but yet it’s picking up steam in the United States, and it happens right here in St. Louis. Sex Trafficking: being forced or coerced into the commercial Read more ...

Sex trafficking is not just an international problem, or even a national one. It is also a problem here in St. Louis. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, St. Louis is a hot spot of sex trafficking Read more ...

Talking to teens on just about any topic can be difficult. That’s unfortunate, because school age children from every socioeconomic background are at risk for a danger few parents know much about Read more ...