Tell Hotels to Help End Sex Trafficking

Sex trafficking is not limited to street corners and underground brothels. It happens everywhere, even in hotels, and even in the United States.

Members of a gang in Virginia were recently indicted for allegedly trafficking girls for sex into homes and hotels in the Washington, D.C. area. A Dallas man forced two teenage victims to see clients in seedy motels. And recently, hotels have been busted for operating a sex trafficking ring with underage girls in a Wyndham hotel in California.

These incidents are not isolated. Hotels and motels can serve as convenient locales for illicit meetings, and survivors of sex trafficking have often reported seeing clients in such establishments. In this particular case in California, the hotel staff was allegedly aware of the problem and took no action to intervene, with some even lending help to the traffickers.

While this case is extreme, hotels still serve as a setting for exploitation and they are in a position to help with its eradication. Encourage hotels to sign the Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism.  asking Wyndham hotels to sign the Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism. Sign the petition here and learn more about The Code so you can support hotels that work to protect children from sexual exploitation.