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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 ...
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]
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 ...
Meanwhile, sex trafficking has become the second fastest-growing criminal industry in the United States, with an estimated 1,000 victims of all ages annually in Ohio, according to Gracehaven.
Jan. 17—AUSTIN — The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and the Texas Restaurant Association are conducting a free webinar on Jan. 18 to educate individuals working in the alcoholic beverage ...
Prevention has been a component of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, however, 3Strands Global Foundation has 3 anti-trafficking initiatives: Education, Employment, and Engagement. 3SGF believes prevention changes everything and has seven prevention programs that deliver on the mission. 3SGF hosts yearly events to raise awareness and funds for human trafficking prevention initiatives and ...
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 ...