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Using Technology to Combat the evolution of Trafficking & Identify Crime Rings If you suspect human trafficking, please call 1-888-3737-888 to notify the National Human Trafficking Resource Center as soon as possible. Goal: Examine prevalent online marketplaces to detect patterns in contact information or services across seemingly unrelated offering categories. Sources: Backpages, Craiglist Methods: Pull and standardize site posts, extract phone numbers, age, location, and reporting information

Relevant Resources: * Wired, "How Tech Tools Transformed New York’s Sex Trade" - http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/01/ff_sextrade/all/1 * Polaris Project, "Federal Sex Trafficking Cases in the United States 2000-2008" - https://na4.salesforce.com/sfc/play/index.jsp?oid=00D300000006E4S&d=kyMmYMmV7A9aYN.FSi81fYyeEKo%3D&v=06860000000HqhX&viewId=05H60000000IfVp

Source: Backpage http://newyork.backpage.com/ Successfully gathered using wget with each category directory as dir: wget --mirror -w 2 -l 4 -I /dir -X /dir/classifieds http://newyork.backpage.com/dir?

• Possible Sex Trafficking (Note: data gatherer must hold a cookie across requests to prove age requirement)
  • http://newyork.backpage.com/AdultJobs/
  • http://newyork.backpage.com/FemaleEscorts/
  • http://newyork.backpage.com/BodyRubs/
  • http://newyork.backpage.com/Strippers/
  • http://newyork.backpage.com/Domination/
  • http://newyork.backpage.com/TranssexualEscorts/
  • http://newyork.backpage.com/MaleEscorts/
  • http://newyork.backpage.com/TherapeuticMassage/
• Possible Domestic Servitude
  • http://newyork.backpage.com/LaborMoving/
  • http://newyork.backpage.com/LawnServices/
  • http://newyork.backpage.com/Childcare/
  • http://newyork.backpage.com/CleaningServices/
  • http://newyork.backpage.com/HealthServices/
  • http://newyork.backpage.com/MiscServices/

Source: Craigslist http://newyork.craigslist.org/ Aborted because of problematic redirects and inconsistent data

• Possible Sex Trafficking (Note: data gatherer must hold a cookie across requests to prove age requirement)
  • Therapeutic Services http://newyork.craigslist.org/thp/
  • Casual Encounters http://newyork.craigslist.org/cas/
  • Beauty Services http://newyork.craigslist.org/bts/
  • Domestic Servitude
  • Childcare http://newyork.craigslist.org/kid/
  • Farm & Garden Services http://newyork.craigslist.org/fgs/
  • Household Services http://newyork.craigslist.org/hss/
  • Labor & Moving http://newyork.craigslist.org/lbs/
  • Lessons & Tutoring http://newyork.craigslist.org/lss/
  • Pet Services http://newyork.craigslist.org/pas/
  • Et Cetera http://newyork.craigslist.org/etc/