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[2] 24 out of 88 counties have no human-trafficking training or access to victim services. [3] A recent study estimated that between 2014-2016, 1,032 Ohio youth and young adults were victims of human trafficking. [4] The National Human Trafficking Resource Center reported receiving 1,066 calls and emails in 2015 about human trafficking in Ohio. [5]
Shared Hope International supported the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2013 (H.R. 3610; 113th Congress), a bill that would require each state, within three years, to have in effect legislation that: (1) treats a minor who has engaged or attempted to engage in a commercial sex act as a victim of a severe form of trafficking in ...
As of June 2022, Ohio ranks fifth in the nation for total trafficking cases, according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline with Columbus ranked ninth, as one of the worst cities in the nation.
The Trafficking Education Network focuses on educating and training people, so they are better equipped to respond to human trafficking. [121] Worthwhile Wear is an international organization that provides an escape for those forced into prostitution or human trafficking. Overseas, survivors are provided vocational training and employment where ...
Aug. 10—Staff report COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced the first-ever statewide human trafficking hotline during his opening remarks at the office's fifth annual Human ...
An elementary school teacher, a college professor and a pair of U.S. Air Force members are among 160 people charged in a statewide human trafficking crackdown in Ohio, the state's top prosecutor ...
In the state of Utah, 3SGF supported SB 198, [17] which was the Human Trafficking Prevention training bill. This was signed into law in 2019. This was signed into law in 2019. In Florida, 3Strands Global Foundation worked with the Florida Fire Marshals and Fire Inspectors on HB 615, [ 18 ] [ 19 ] which directed the Statewide Council on Human ...
In 2009, Flores was chosen for the Ohio Attorney General's Commission to study human trafficking. She has presented evidence on the problem of human trafficking to the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate. In 2010 her testimony was a major part of the passing of Senate Bill 235 in Ohio, making human trafficking a felony in the state. [8]