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11.30.11

Shared Hope International, a nonprofit group looking to "eradicate sexual slavery," today announced its updated national report on states' laws against child sex trafficing.  Ohio was given a 'D' because its laws don't distinguish between sex trafficking of adults versus children, and because children caught up in the sex trade are at risk of being treated as delinquents rather than victims.  

10.13.11

The University of Dayton Women's Center is hosting an exhibit for the month of October to raise awareness amongst the student body and the surrounding Dayton, Ohio community of human trafficking as not only an international, but a local issue. 

"If we [those involved in the exhibit] can make UD aware, then UD can influence the students to be more aware and then the students can raise awareness to the city,” said Anthony Talbott, a political science professor who teaches the Political Science 300 human trafficking course at the University.

10.11.11

Dozens of students at the University of Toledo are using their clothes to raise awareness about sex trafficking in Northwest Ohio.  The “One Dress, One Month” project, in which students will wear either the same dress of same t-shirt for a month, is raising funds for The Daughter Project, a non profit organization in Northwest Ohio preparing to build an operator recovery home for girls who have been rescued from sex traffickers.

10.01.11

The Imagine Foundation, a Cleveland-based organization that seeks to raise awareness and present solutions for ending child slavery worldwide and Operation Broken Silence, an organization that works to combat modern day slavery, today released a report entitled, ‘The Cleveland Backpage Report: An Analysis of Human Trafficking and the Online Sex Industry in Northeast Ohio.”  The research examines the connection between commercial sexual exploitation and the online industry and provides recommendations to curb demand and sex trafficking in Ohio.  The report proposed thre

09.21.11

A woman pushed into prostitution at the age of 13 became the first U.S. citizen whose criminal record for prostitution was expunged by a judge who agreed with both prosecutors and defense attorneys that she was protected under a recent New York State law that identifies pimps as sex traffickers.   A Reuters article examined the violence in the lives of women controlled by sex traffickers, including rape, beatings and cruel punishment, such as locking women in car trunks or forcing them to have sex with one another. 

09.20.11

The University of Southern California’s Annenberg Center today released a report following the year-long investigation by research director Mark Latonero, Ph.D and his team entitled, “Human Trafficking Online: The Role of Social Networking Sites and Online Classifieds.”  Latoreno’s report indicates that popular social media tools – such as Twitter and Facebook – as well as frequently visited sites such as Craiglist are being used to aid in sex trafficking.  The report delivers recommendations for using these sites and technologies for monitoring

09.14.11

The Senate Judiciary Committee will today hold a hearing entitled “The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act: Renewing the Commitment to Victims of Human Trafficking.”  Among people participating will be Mary Lou Leary, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, Luis CdeBaca, Ambassdor-at-Large, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking In Persons, and Kelly Ryan, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Immigration and Border Security.

09.13.11

Veniamin Gonikman, the member of an international conspiracy that smuggled woman from Eastern Europe into the U.S. and forced them to work at exotic dance clubs in Detroit, pleaded guilty in a federal court in Detroit on Tuesday, The Oakland Press reported.

"This conviction brings the final member of this human trafficking ring to justice. These defendants treated human beings like a commodity, enticing Eastern European women to come to the United States illegally, then exploiting them for commercial advantage,” said U.S Attorney Barbara McQuade.

09.12.11

In order to address the issue of local sex trafficking, the U.S. must fill in ‘the missing piece’ of it’s anti-trafficking efforts – including a focus on preventing youth from becoming pimps, writes Washington Times reporter Youngbee Dale.  Referencing a report entitled ‘From Victims to Victimizers’ from DePaul’s College of Law, Dale examines the many reasons youth become traffickers – which range from ‘as a means of survival’ to ‘it met needs for a missing sense of power.’

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