Case Study: Spotlight identifies trafficking victims at scale with Apify

Spotlight identifies tens of thousands of trafficking victims with Apify

Spotlight, a victim identification tool used by law enforcement, faced the challenge of identifying trafficked children hidden among the massive volume of over 150,000 daily escort ads posted online. To effectively combat child sex trafficking, they needed to automate the collection and storage of vast amounts of data from multiple websites known to host these ads.

Using the Apify platform to automate its data collection, Spotlight was able to turn this data into a resource for investigators. As a result of this solution implemented by Apify, the tool has helped identify tens of thousands of child victims and thousands of traffickers over a 10-year period, enabling law enforcement to act faster and recover more children.

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