Via: Elev8.com Grammy award  winning artist Alicia Keys is using her fame and influence to help shut down sex trafficking in our country. Several big-name musicians have joined the fight to shut down the adult section on Backpage.com, a website featuring classified ads and owned by Village Voice Media. The site has come under fire by […]

Via: WJZ-TV A 12-year-old runaway teen called her mother Monday afternoon and told her mother she was being held against her will and being forced to engage in prostitution. Police responded to the call from a hotel in Laurel where the arrested 42-year-old Derwin Smith. Smith had been traveling back and forth from Washington D.C. […]