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Human trafficking in Georgia is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, and forced labor as it occurs in the US state of Georgia, and it is widely recognized as a modern-day form of slavery.
Beginning in November 2018, after receiving a tip from a human trafficking hotline, several agencies within the federal government of the United States began to investigate the operations of agricultural organizations registered under Maria Leticia Patricio, a U.S. citizen who was the registered agent of ten different companies in Georgia. [12]
Human trafficking in Georgia was common, with people being subjected to forced prostitution and forced labor.In 2009, women and girls from Georgia were forced into prostitution in Georgia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Greece, and in recent years, cases of forced prostitution of Georgian victims have also been documented in Russia, Germany, and Austria.
A full list of legislation signed by Kemp can be found at gov.georgia.gov. This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: Human trafficking bills signed into law by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp
More than two years after the U.S. Dept. of Justice indicted 24 people in connection with Operation Blooming Onion, eight defendants plan to plead guilty.
On Tuesday, three defendants pled guilty to charges in Operation Blooming Onion, one of the largest U.S. human trafficking cases ever prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ ...
Not My Life is a documentary film about human trafficking and contemporary slavery.It addresses many forms of slavery, [1] including the military use of children in Uganda, involuntary servitude in the United States, unfree labor in Ghana, forced begging and garbage picking in India, sex trafficking in Europe and Southeast Asia, and other kinds of child abuse.
Officials in Clayton County, Georgia, say three adults and one juvenile are facing charges for human trafficking, sexual exploitation of a minor, keeping a place of prostitution and deprivation of ...