Enslaved on OnlyFans

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Sex traffickers use OnlyFans platform to abuse and exploit women

Illustration: John Emerson/REUTERS

OnlyFans gives women the chance to earn money by making porn. Sex traffickers also use the platform to abuse and exploit them, say police and prosecutors. The accused range from social media influencers to cash-hungry boyfriends.

"I don't think I'll ever be fully healed," said one victim.

Read our special report

PART 1 Behind the OnlyFans porn boom: allegations of rape, abuse and betrayal

PART 2 OnlyFans vows it's a safe space. Predators are exploiting kids there

PART 3 OnlyFans' porn juggernaut fueled by a deception

PART 4 Sex bomb: The collateral damage of OnlyFans' explosive success

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