Most don’t realize that sex trafficking is a huge problem in America.
Whether on the street or on the internet, thousands of children each day become helpless victims. Mr. Bauer believes that the protection of children should be the highest priority, both in the legislature and in the judicial system. Oftentimes, victims of sex trafficking are charged with crimes (like prostitution) and released from custody back into the greedy controlling arms of their traffickers, never to be seen or heard from again. 

Erik Bauer is currently involved in a nation-wide precedent-setting

case on behalf of several minor girls who were trafficked on backpage.com, the nation’s largest human trafficking website. Finally, the Washington State Supreme Court agreed with Erik Bauer; victims of sex trafficking sold through the nation’s largest human trafficking website, backpage.com, should be allowed to sue the website because it helped facilitate and produce illegal content. This precedent-setting ruling will ripple across the nation and Erik Bauer is ready for the fight.

It has been a long fight. Mr. Bauer has traveled the nation, meeting with victims, hearing their stories, and training others how to recognize the seriousness of child sex trafficking. He understands that victims need a voice, guidance towards a brighter future, and hope that their traffickers, and websites like Backpage.com, will be held accountable for the abuse they have suffered.