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In its annual report for 2018, the National Human Trafficking Hotline claims that there were 790 cases of human trafficking in California, which is the highest among all states, with sex trafficking being the leading form of trafficking. [28] Of sex trafficking victims in California, 76.3% were females, 3.9% were males and 26.9% were minors.
Human Trafficking is a $9 billion industry. [14] Human Trafficking ranks second, after drug smuggling, and tying with arms dealing, in organized crime activities, and is the fastest growing criminal enterprise in the 21st century. [15] As many as 50,000 men, women and children are trafficked into the U.S. every year.
California Against Slavery (CAS) is a 501(c)(3) organization that launched a California state wide directory of organizations and agencies that provide services to victims and survivors of human trafficking, sex trafficking, and labor trafficking. The organization focuses on the specific goal of creating a Connected and Collaborating California ...
Last year, Assembly Democrats, under different leadership, rejected Senate Bill 14, which would add human trafficking of a minor for sex to the list of “serious felonies” under California’s ...
In California AB 1227, The Human Trafficking Prevention Education and Training Act was signed into law in 2017. This bill mandates prevention education in California schools. [16] In the state of Utah, 3SGF supported SB 198, [17] which was the Human Trafficking Prevention training bill. This was signed into law in 2019.
Senate Bill 14 would classify sex trafficking of minors as a "serious" felony under California's penal code, which triggers the state's "three strikes" law that allows prosecutors to pursue life ...
“They are Not for Sale: Human Sex Trafficking Symposium” will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18 at the Harrington Auditorium inside the TTUHSC Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy, 1300 ...
Slavery Footprint, a nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California, that works to end human trafficking and modern-day slavery [23] Stop Child Trafficking Now, an organization founded by Lynette Lewis, an author and public speaker [24] Stop the Traffik, a campaign coalition which aims to bring an end to human trafficking worldwide