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DCFS has received 78 reports of child trafficking since Jan. 1 – Louisiana Illuminator
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DCFS has received 78 reports of child trafficking since Jan. 1 – Louisiana Illuminator

ByEyes on Trafficking News

A new law requires Louisiana authorities to direct all reports of suspected child trafficking to the state Department of Children and Family Services. Its director told lawmakers Thursday the DCFS mandated reporting hotline has handled 78 juvenile trafficking calls this year, the large majority of them involving sex trafficking. Of the cases authorities have been…

Human trafficking task force reviews data, discusses ways to crack down
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Human trafficking task force reviews data, discusses ways to crack down

ByEyes on Trafficking News

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Before lawmakers return to the Louisiana State Capitol for the next legislation session, some of them are working with people from different backgrounds to develop new laws to help combat human trafficking. The lawmakers say what we have now simply isn’t enough. “The systems that we have set up to…

Project to house trafficking victims secures funding to move forward – The Columbus Dispatch
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Project to house trafficking victims secures funding to move forward – The Columbus Dispatch

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority announced Thursday that it had secured a $15.6 million financing plan that paves the way to begin construction on an affordable housing community to serve survivors of human trafficking. The project, named Harriet’s Hope for slave-turned-abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who helped others escape slavery, is set to be built on the…