Tag: Sex Trafficking
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San Diego Leaders Announce New Campaign to Combat Sex Trafficking
Under a California SB 1193, a broad range of San Diego businesses, including massage parlors, bars, farms, bus stops and emergency rooms, will be required to display a poster, similar to this one, that includes a telephone hotline for human trafficking victims seeking help, or to report unlawful activity. | Photo Credit: Roland Lizarondo, KPBS…
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Sex-Trafficking Prosecutions Spike in Region
By Amita Sharma Sex-trafficking prosecutions in San Diego County have quadrupled in the last four years. The rise is due partly to a spike in the number of young girls forced to sell themselves and turn their earnings over to their gangster pimps. County prosecutors filed nine sex trafficking cases in 2009. Last year, that…
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Prop. 35 Would Throw the Book at Human Traffickers
This election day, Californians will vote on Proposition 35. If approved, the proposition would impose stiffer penalties and fines for people convicted of human and sex trafficking. The proposition has broad-based support, but KPBS reporter Adrian Florido tells us there are also concerns the changes under Prop. 35 could have some unintended consequences. | Video…
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Behind the Screen: Cybercrimes Against Children
By Erin Timony, Anais Bernard, Oscar Perez, Trevor Seines and Dylan Rohn Agent David Oyos of the Chula Vista Police Department and Assistant U.S. Attorney and Project Safe Childhood Coordinator Allesandra Serano talk with youth filmmakers about child exploitation on the internet. Transcript: David Oyos: The internet has made it really easy for offenders to…
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City Heights Class Cautions Girls About Falling Prey To Sex Trafficking
By Nicholas McVicker and Susan Murphy It’s graduation day for these 30 girls in City Heights. The teens have spent the past six weeks learning to make better choices after being arrested for curfew violations. “I was actually at a party and everyone got kicked out of the house, and while we were waiting for…