JOURNAL ARTICLE

Turning the web against sex traffickers: Scalable artificial intelligence is harnessed for investigative search.

  • Published In: Science, 2026, v. 391, n. 6785. P. 567 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Kejriwal, Mayank 3 of 3

Abstract

Human trafficking has migrated onto the web, benefiting from scale, speed, and fragmentation. Labor and sex trafficking constitute its two most egregious forms, but the latter has especially exploited the reach of the web (1). Such advertisements number in the hundreds of millions in North America alone. Making matters even worse, advertisements by sex-workers, many coerced, are dispersed across thousands of websites rather than a centralized hub, frustrating timely efforts to find trafficking victims and hold their perpetrators accountable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Science. 2026/02, Vol. 391, Issue 6785, p567
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Law
  • Publication Date:2026
  • ISSN:0036-8075
  • DOI:10.1126/science.aee1347
  • Accession Number:191379654
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