New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Facebook are teaming up to combat online sex trafficking.

The partnership was announced during the Attorney General's keynote address at the National Summit of Human Trafficking and the State Courts.

Schneiderman says they'll be using innovative data and analytical methods to crack down on human trafficking.  The initiative will focus, in particular, on identifying child victims of sex trafficking, including those who are reported missing.

“This is an exciting and important new partnership that will greatly assist our efforts to bring sex traffickers to justice and return their victims to safety,” said Attorney General Schneiderman. “Working with Facebook, we will open a new front in the fight to make online sex trafficking a thing of the past. Facebook has been a great partner in my office’s work to protect children in the past, and I am very pleased to be working with them again on this critical new effort.”

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