The Trump administration has aggressively rolled back efforts across the federal government to combat human trafficking, a Guardian investigation has found.

The sweeping retreat threatens to negate decades of progress in the drive to prevent sexual slavery, forced labor and child sexual exploitation, according to legal experts, former government officials and anti-trafficking advocates. They say the administration’s moves are impeding efforts to prosecute perpetrators and protect survivors in the United States and around the world.

“It’s been a widespread and multi-pronged attack on survivors that leaves all of us less safe and leaves survivors with few options,” said Jean Bruggeman, executive director of Freedom Network USA, a national coalition of service providers, researchers and trafficking survivors.

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[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 3 days ago

Retreats? Trump and many of his cronies are guilty of human trafficking and child exploitation. The way they're responding to the Epstein files reminds me of that Jerry Springer episode with the Klan and they try to unmask these guys and they're fighting like hell to keep their masks on. You could punch, kick, probably even stab them, but they don't want to be publicly unmasked.

Survivors? They're the enemy of this administration.