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.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2016
In the News
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
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.
In the News
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
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.
In the News
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Institutional surveys that Penn gives out regularly, including senior surveys, will now include questions about sexual assault.
In the News
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
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.
In the News
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
“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.
