"Poison the Fantasy" campaign targets traveling sex buyers with hard-hitting warnings about exposure, harm and real-world consequences
SEATTLE, June 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- DNA&STONE, the full-service agency that leads with Radical Empathy, today unveiled a new anti-sex-trafficking public service campaign designed to deter traveling sex buyers expected to visit certain cities during this Summer's highly anticipated championship soccer events. The campaign, titled "Poison the Fantasy," is built to confront demand directly by disrupting the fantasy that fuels commercial sexual exploitation and exposing the legal, personal and social consequences of buying sex.
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