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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.
More than 130 people, including a man from Rootstown, were arrested in a statewide human-trafficking operation last week, according to the Ohio Attorney General's office.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is pictured. On Oct. 3, 2023, he announced the arrests of 160 people in a statewide human trafficking bust that took place September 25-30, 2023,
[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]
Lape said it was a concerted effort to stem the demand that fuels human trafficking with the simple message of "Don't buy sex in Ohio."
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]
(This story was updated to add new information.) More than 130 people, including three from Stark County, were arrested in a statewide human-trafficking operation last week, according to the Ohio ...
Kathryn Bolkovac (born 1960 or 1961) [1] is a human rights advocate, consultant, former police investigator with the Lincoln Police Department, and former monitor with United Nations International Police Task Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina.