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Idaho Republicans Want to Charge People With “Human Trafficking” for Helping Minors to Get an Abortion
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Idaho Republicans Want to Charge People With “Human Trafficking” for Helping Minors to Get an Abortion

Republican lawmakers in Idaho want to expand the definition of “human trafficking” to include helping a minor get an abortion. The bill, which was introduced Tuesday, would prohibit “recruiting, …

Truths about sex trafficking in Ohio – WTOL
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Truths about sex trafficking in Ohio – WTOL

From 2007 to 2021, The National Human Trafficking Hotline recorded 6,113 victims of human trafficking in Ohio. Mandie Knight is a survivor and this is her story. COLUMBUS, Ohio — From 2007 to 2021, The National Human Trafficking Hotline recorded 6,113 victims of human trafficking in Ohio. WTOL 11 had the chance to attend the…

Trafficking victim turned survivor starts nonprofit to help other victims – WEWS
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Trafficking victim turned survivor starts nonprofit to help other victims – WEWS

CLEVELAND — Rachel Socorro is a human trafficking and labor trafficking survivor. “It’s happening right here in our communities; I was trafficked in an upper middle-class community right here in Northeast Ohio,” said Socorro. She was 19 years old, a new mother and was vulnerable when she said a family member trapped in a human…

Canton medical spa offers tattoo removal services for human trafficking survivors
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Canton medical spa offers tattoo removal services for human trafficking survivors

CANTON, Ohio (WOIO) – Tattoos can be a traumatic reminder for human trafficking survivors. JDV medical spa in Canton is helping these people, especially with removing their branding tattoos. Matt and Theresa Phillips, the owners of JDV medical spa, are hoping they can help trafficking survivors have a fresh start. “It’s going on all around…

Clock ticking for Springfield Twp. hotel to address litany of complaints – Akron Beacon Journal
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Clock ticking for Springfield Twp. hotel to address litany of complaints – Akron Beacon Journal

Police were called out to Quality Inn 157 times during first nine months of in 2022. Drug overdoses, assault, human trafficking among most serious complaints investigated at site, Attorney for owner Hexagon Properties says company complying with plan to eradicate nuisances. The Springfield Township Quality Inn has until Feb. 23 to make extensive safety and…

'There are many forms': Local vigil raises awareness to human trafficking – WEWS
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'There are many forms': Local vigil raises awareness to human trafficking – WEWS

January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month and although there are only a few days left, the efforts to raise awareness are ever-present. An instance of that effort was seen in East Cleveland on Saturday afternoon at a prayer vigil held to raise awareness of the issue facing Ohio at the Starlight Missionary Baptist Church. During…

‘There are many forms of trafficking’: Vigil held in East Cleveland to raise awareness about human trafficking
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‘There are many forms of trafficking’: Vigil held in East Cleveland to raise awareness about human trafficking

**WARNING: This story contains content about human trafficking and abuse that may be upsetting to some readers.** January is Human Trafficking Prevention Month and although there are only a few days left, the efforts to raise awareness are ever-present. An instance of that effort was seen in East Cleveland on Saturday afternoon at a prayer…

Officially GP On The Run After Being Indicted On Human Trafficking Charges – HipHopDX
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Officially GP On The Run After Being Indicted On Human Trafficking Charges – HipHopDX

Officially GP (or Officially Got Paper) is reportedly on the run after being indicted last month on human trafficking charges. According to a report from Cleveland.com, the 42-year-old Cleveland rapper (who was born Thomas Bradford but later changed his name to Dawud Sami) was indicted in December on two counts of trafficking in persons, two…

Questions swirl about Denver airport human trafficking claim – 9News
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Questions swirl about Denver airport human trafficking claim – 9News

DENVER — A passenger’s claim that a human trafficking ring tried to abduct her at Denver International Airport (DIA) doesn’t square with how anti-trafficking advocates say the crime occurs. Several human trafficking experts in Colorado say the sensationalized depiction of people grabbed from public places by strangers tends to be online rumor and Hollywood plotlines….

Colorado experts raise questions about DIA human trafficking claim
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Colorado experts raise questions about DIA human trafficking claim

DENVER — A passenger’s claim that a human trafficking ring tried to abduct her at Denver International Airport (DIA) doesn’t square with how anti-trafficking advocates say the crime occurs. Several human trafficking experts in Colorado say the sensationalized depiction of people grabbed from public places by strangers tends to be online rumor and Hollywood plotlines….