Mara Hvistendahl (@hvistendahl.bsky.social)

Even as the FBI worked with governments in Southeast Asia to combat human trafficking, agents had sex with prostitutes in Cambodia, the Philippines and Thailand over a nine-year period, a document we obtained in a FOIA lawsuit shows. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/w...

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F.B.I. Agents in Southeast Asia Paid for Sex While Police Stood By, Watchdog Says (Gift Article) Solicitation of prostitutes took place over several years even as employees were training to combat human trafficking, according to a document released to The Times in a lawsuit. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/world/americas/fbi-agents-in-southeast-asia-used-prostitutes-watchdog-says.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7U4.9Xh5.wWcObYi1v9aw&smid=url-share