Kentucky Considers "Safe Harbor" for Child Victims of Human Trafficking

Chris Engel 2/14/136:30 PM

"Human trafficking. It's often called modern-day slavery, and victims can be any age.... "Not only are they not being identified as victims and getting the services they need, they're being locked up," she said. "They're being locked up at higher rates than the "Johns" - the adults who exploit them by buying them for sex - and the traffickers."

According to the Kentucky Rescue and Restore coalition (Kentucky Rescue and Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Program), 101 victims have been identified in the state since 2008. Nearly half of them were lured into the sex trade as kids...."

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