Crispin is from Ohio, a state that had 289 human trafficking cases in 2015. nationwide, the National Trafficking Resource Center reported 14,588 cases of sex trafficking since 2007.
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“In a historic ruling this past February, Guatemalan courts convicted a former paramilitary and a retired army officer of committing rape and murder and holding sexual slaves during the country’s 1960–1996 civil war.
SafeBAE (Before Anyone Else) exists to spark change in the culture by addressing sexual assault and dating violence starting as early as high school.
Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks’ bill (LB843) was amended before it was advanced to final reading to set up a process for a person who is charged with prostitution to file a motion to dismiss the charge if a victim of human trafficking.
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Many Tampa Bay Lightning players join their wives and girlfriends for a fashion show designed to raise money to benefit a local women’s domestic violence shelter. Bolts Better Halves Fashion with a Cause is an evening of cocktails, dinner and a fashion show that will feature many of the Bolts Better Halves.
NAIROBI, March 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – One in four internally displaced persons (IDP) surveyed in Kenya has been a victim or witness of human trafficking, the majority lured to the Middle East but then forced to do menial work or sexually exploited, an anti-trafficking charity said on Tuesday.