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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 ...
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 ...
Rebecca Ellis. May 17, 2024 at 4:00 AM. The Ventura County Sheriff's Office communication center fielded texts from a 17-year-old sending pleas for help. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) A 17-year ...
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.
Polaris Project. Polaris is a nonprofit non-governmental organization that works to combat and prevent sex and labor trafficking in North America. The organization's 10-year strategy is built around the understanding that human trafficking does not happen in vacuum but rather is the predictable end result of a range of other persistent ...
DeliverFund, a nonprofit intelligence organization that leverages cutting-edge technology in the fight against human trafficking in the US. Love146, works to end child trafficking and exploitation through prevention education and survivor care. Prerana, a non-governmental organization (NGO) that works in the red-light districts of Mumbai, India ...
September 13, 2024 at 8:58 AM. OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland Police Department has made a series of human trafficking arrests. At a news conference on Thursday, Oakland police officials said two ...
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.