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Is Wayfair Trafficking Children Via Overpriced Items?

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Dan Evon
Jul 10, 2020 The claim that Wayfair is trafficking children is based almost entirely on one person's confusio ...
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Summer Job Interview or Human Trafficking Front?

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Kim LaCapria
Jun 5, 2015 Companies advertising summer jobs for young adults have been falsely tagged in social media as f ...
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Was Oprah's Home Raided in a Sex-Trafficking Sting?

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Dan Evon
Mar 18, 2020 This rumor about Oprah Winfrey was a sliver of a much larger conspiracy theory spreading dangero ...
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Are Texts Saying 'A Friend Has Complimented You in IRL' Linked to Sex Trafficking?

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Dan Evon
Aug 28, 2018 Not every unsolicited communication is an attempt to target victims for sex trafficking rings.
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Celebrities Take Up Cause of Teen Sex Trafficking Victim Convicted of Murder in 2004

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David Emery
Nov 30, 2017 Rihanna, LeBron James, and other celebrities took to social media to argue that the life sentenc ...
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Mel Gibson did not expose Oprah Winfrey regarding anything about Hollywood elites or Sound of Freedom.

Mel Gibson Exposes Oprah Winfrey's 'Questionable Action' for 'Hollywood Elites'?

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Jordan Liles
Aug 11, 2023 A YouTube video that had potentially been viewed tens of millions of times claimed that Gibson h ...
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Was Fentanyl Being Placed on Toilet Seats in Public Restrooms in June 2023?

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Jun 20, 2023 We’ve previously fact-checked other claims about fentanyl.
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Aerial view of Evergreen Ever Given ship stuck in Suez Canal

Did US Navy SEALs Rescue Trafficked Children from Ever Given Ship?

Written by:
Jordan Liles
Apr 3, 2021 A website with a history of publishing dubious content advanced a conspiracy theory about the fo ...
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Trafficking Patterns

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Kim LaCapria
Aug 27, 2015
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Will Flashing Headlights Change a Traffic Signal?

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David Mikkelson
Dec 14, 2005 Let's fact-check that.
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Hickory (NC) Walmart Human Trafficking Warning

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Kim LaCapria
Aug 6, 2015 According to Hickory police, no reports of attempted abductions or unwanted solicitations in loc ...
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Amanda in Longview Trafficking Claim

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Kim LaCapria
Feb 25, 2016 Another viral claim of sex traffickers haunting shopping centers circulated on Facebook, this ti ...
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Shelby Township Meijer 'Human Trafficking' Warning

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Kim LaCapria
Aug 29, 2017 One of many human trafficking warnings spread on Facebook in August 2017 involved a purported ki ...
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Roseville Human Trafficking Warning

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Kim LaCapria
Jul 13, 2015 Facebook post claims a teenager was abducted and coerced into sex trafficking after meeting a "s ...
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A melted traffic light has the label Miscaptioned over it.

Miscaptioned Image Claims To Show Melted Traffic Light in Locations Around World

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Izz Scott LaMagdeleine
Jul 24, 2023 The places where the photo was supposedly taken included Arizona, Texas, California, Florida, Pu ...
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Down to Lunch Human Trafficking Rumors

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Kim LaCapria
Feb 26, 2016 A meetup app called "Down to Lunch" was described as linked to human trafficking by an unvetted ...
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Coon Rapids Walmart Trafficking Warning

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Kim LaCapria
Jun 7, 2017 A woman's warning about a man who gave her a "bad feeling" at a Walmart in Coon Rapids, Minnesot ...
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Department Store Sex Trafficking Rumor

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Kim LaCapria
Jun 30, 2015 A social media rumor claims a teen's mom saved her daughter from sex traffickers after the girl ...
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Are Sex Traffickers Leaving Zip Ties on Cars, Mailboxes of Potential Victims?

Written by:
Bethania Palma
Jul 29, 2019 Viral scarelore posts about sex trafficking are not uncommon these days.
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Hobby Lobby Sex Trafficking Warning

Written by:
Kim LaCapria
May 27, 2015
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