Help fight trafficking by uploading photos of your hotel room

Re:Help fight trafficking by uploading photos of your hotel ... by miracle2k on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @05:30AM (#23017185)

There have been a number of such initiatives. So far, I have seen no evidence that any sex trafficking has been surfaced by them.

The only result, always, is arrest of sex workers who in the US of course face criminal prosecution.

When you read about dozens of arrests in a big sex trafficking investigation, it is always woman who are being arrested, and on occasion clients.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/deadspin.com/when-the-robert-kr...

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Re:Help fight trafficking by uploading photos of your hotel ... by dkersten on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @07:59AM (#23018088)

I’ve heard of one a few years ago where there was a painting in the background that eventually was used to identify the hotel and then the hotel records could be used to tie it to a person. It was a number of years ago so I don’t remember the details to look them up.

I’m not sure how effective it is overall, and am certainly wary of anything privacy-eroding, but I do remember reading that story around the time it happened.

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Re:Help fight trafficking by uploading photos of your hotel ... by zrth on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @11:09AM (#23020145)

Not hotel rooms but fotos of random locations:

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2019/12/17/two-europol-stopc...

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2020/04/22/cre...

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