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Is this actually a thing? There's lots of people doing this professionally. There's lots releasing porn of themselves for free for fun. The system feels extremely saturated already.

I get the trafficking for prostitution, but is trafficking for porn actually a thing? Would it even make money?

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Yes, it is actually a thing:

- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/04/opinion/sunday/pornhub-ra...

- https://nypost.com/2021/02/12/pornhub-mindgeek-hosted-rape-v...

- https://exoduscry.com/articles/a-survivor-of-teen-porn-traff...

Not every pornographic video is non-consensual or necessarily involves exploitation, but the reality is that there is no way for the average consumer of pornography to know which is which.

It's definitely a thing with organized crime. It has also happened in the past, but that was before laws on child exploitation were broadly adopted. Companies like ColorClimax filmed the rape of children as young as 2 and may have been involved in their trafficking.

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