Human Trafficking Highlights ~ Week of May 29, 2011

Highlights from this week in the fight against human trafficking . . .

In the News

• Trafficked Children: What They Need is Justice and Someone They Can Trust
• Shared Hope International’s “Do You Know Lacy?” Campaign
  • Ad Campaign Targets Child Sex Trade
  • Billboard Campaign Targets Child Sex Trade in Seattle
  • Campaign Seeks to Raise Awareness of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking
• Virginia Governor Signs Laws to Fight Human Trafficking
  • New Va. Laws to Curb Human Trafficking
  • McDonnell Signs Law to Fight Human Trafficking
  • Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell Signs Landmark Legislation Prosecuting Human Traffickers and Helping Victims
  • Governor Inks Bills That Could Land Human Traffickers in Jail for Life
• Governor Signs Sears-backed Trafficking Bill
• Massachusetts Approves Bill on Human Trafficking
  • Mass. House Approves Anti-human Trafficking Bill
  • House Approves Bill on Human Trafficking
• She’s 10 and May Be Sold to a Brothel
• Baby Trafficking
  • Nigerian ‘Baby Factory’ Raided, 32 Teenage Girls Freed
  • Nigerian ‘Baby Farm’ Raided – 32 Pregnant Girls Rescued

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