Virginia General Assembly Votes Unanimously to Pass Landmark Legislation that...
Arlington, VA—Today the Virginia General Assembly unanimously passed legislation which would establish Virginia’s first standalone sex trafficking law. Currently, Virginia is the only state in the...
View ArticleOpen Letter to Hawaii Gov. Ige: Establish State’s First Sex Trafficking Law
Hawaii: last state without a sex trafficking law Shared Hope International, Family Programs Hawaii, Ho ‘ōla Nā Pua, and IMUAlliance have sent a letter to Hawaii Governor Ige encouraging him to allow...
View ArticleMaricopa County Prosecution Wins Guilty Verdict for Buyer in 20 Minutes
Prosecutors in Phoenix are celebrating a major victory this week after securing a guilty verdict for a man convicted under Arizona’s “child prostitution” law for attempting to buy sex with a law...
View ArticlePenalties Without Victim Protections and State Investment Fall Short
Identifying Effective Counter-Trafficking Programs and Practices in the U.S.: Legislative, Legal, and Public Opinion Strategies that Work is a recent study that examines arrests or prosecutions under...
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JuST Response Policy Paper
Eliminating the Third Party Control Barrier to Identifying Juvenile Sex Trafficking Victims This paper evaluates the fundamental importance of defining sex trafficking to include all instances of...
View ArticleBackpage.com Shuts Down “Adult” Section as Victims Pursue Justice
Overnight, Backpage.com announced the shutdown of its “adult services” section of the classifieds website. This announcement came on the eve of Backpage.com’s executives and general counsel appearing...
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What’s in a Name?
Lack of Consistency in Child Sex Trafficking Laws May Hurt Our Children By Christine Raino and Eliza Reock What’s in a name? A lot, actually. In the area of anti-sex trafficking law and policy, words...
View ArticleLetter of Support for the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017
Dear Senator Portman and Senator Blumenthal, A couple of decades ago sex traffickers and buyers conducted their illegal transactions in dark alleys and back streets. Today these criminal transactions...
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