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Washington is failing to aid child sex-trafficking victims
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Washington is failing to aid child sex-trafficking victims

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Safe Harbor’s rocky start in Washington exposes a key question that state actors are still struggling to answer: “If we’re not arresting kids, great — but then what?” Benke said. ‘These are victims’ In the mid-1990s, Benke was 16 and homeless in Seattle. One day, as she broke down sobbing on the street, she remembers…

The Jonah Project helps hundreds in Spokane escape human trafficking
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The Jonah Project helps hundreds in Spokane escape human trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News

SPOKANE, Wash. – “It’s putting hope within reach. It’s putting an end to what feels like a situation that could never end,” Aaron LeBlanc said that’s the reason why he volunteers for The Jonah Project. Across the country, more than 16,000 people were victims of human trafficking in 2020. The Jonah Project is trying to…