Human Trafficking Victims Rights Act
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Human Trafficking Victims Rights Act
HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS RIGHTS ACT to protect sexually-exploited children and others Support HB 3 to Protect Kentucky’s Child Victims Sponsored by Rep. Sannie Overly. Co-sponsored by Rep. Addia Wuchner 1.Create a “Safe Harbor” to Protect Child Victims •“Safe Harbor” laws ensure that sexually-exploited children are treated as victims, not criminals. •Child victims will receive services through the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, rather than being committed to the Department for Juvenile Justice. •Child victims of human trafficking shall not be charged with prostitution or “status offenses” (like “truancy”) related to their victimization. •Clarify that Child Sex Trafficking cases shall be investigated by Child Sexual Abuse Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs). 2.Target the Ill-Gotten Gains of Human Traffickers •Create a Human Trafficking Victims Fund from fines and asset forfeiture/ seizure provisions to fund programs that serve victims of human trafficking. •Allow victims of forced labor or services to sue their traffickers for unpaid wages and receive punitive damages. 3.Provide Law Enforcement Effective Tools to Combat Human Trafficking •Attach asset seizure and forfeiture provisions to human trafficking statutes to provide additional funding for law enforcement agencies and prosecutors. •Provide training for new law enforcement agents on human trafficking, including trafficking of minors. •Designate a specialized unit within Kentucky State Police to provide support on human trafficking investigations statewide. Protect Kentucky children who are victims of sex trafficking! • Up to 300,000 US citizen children are at risk of being trafficked in the US each year, with 12-14 being the average age of entry into prostitution. Source: Shared Hope International • Child victims of human trafficking are more likely to be arrested than are the child sex traffickers or client sex offenders. Source: U.S. Department of Justice • In Kentucky, 151 victims of human trafficking have been served by the Rescue & Restore campaign. 44% of those were trafficked as children. Source: Rescue & Restore Coalition Kentucky Legislative Message Line: 800-372-7181 For more information, contact: Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs (KASAP) 502-226-2704 [email protected] www.kasap.org KASAP Child Trafficking in Kentucky COMMERCIAL SEX AND LABOR EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN CHILDREN IN THE COMMONWEALTH ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN TRAFFICKED BY: older boyfriend stranger Kentucky child trafficking cases have involved exploitation for commercial sex or labor services such as: Kidnapping and Sexual Bondage Domestic Servitude • Prostitution • Stripping Hotel Housekeeping • Pornography Servile, Dowry Marriage • Debt Bondage Being Sold into Sexual Slavery strip club manager parent Other relative babysitter LEGAL GUARDIAN acquaintance AGE OF VICTIM WHEN HUMAN TRAFFICKING IDENTIFIED Case Demographics modeling agent Sex Trafficking 86% Labor Trafficking 9% Both 5% Boys 4% Girls 96% Foreign Nationals 27% Domestic 73% truck driver Exact Age Unknown Age 0-5 Age 6-10 Older female Exact Age Unknown 5% TRUE STORY Sex Traffcking Age 11-14 Age 15-17 Age 18-50 Age 0-5 0% Age 6-10 2% Age 11-14 18% Age 18-50 39% Source: KY Rescue & Restore Program Data January 2013 Age 15-17 36% Source: KY Rescue & Restore Program Data, January 2013 “THE biggest forum for sex trafficking of under-age girls in the United States appears to be a Website called Backpage.com.” - Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times, March 31, 2012 Louisville, KY -August 2011 The backseat window rolls down, revealing the youthful face of a 17year-old. A 12-year-old girl, Goodwin’s niece, also sits in the backseat. “Is the price still $75?” [the undercover officer] asks the teen. “Yes,” she replies, rolling her window back up. “I don’t want to pay $75 for just a blowjob,” [the officer] states. Goodwin allegedly counters, “… you get the full package for $75.” Police say Ritter then pipes in, “Man, she don’t want to [give you a blow job], but she will [have sex].” A detective isolates the 17-year-old for questioning. She says she’s been living with Ritter and Goodwin for about a month. In that time, she says the two have compelled her into having sex with 15 separate men for money. Word Cloud– www.louisville.backpage.com/FemaleEscorts Escort Advertisements / December 28, 2012 Excerpt from “Derby Traffic” by Anne Marshall, LEO Weekly, April 18, 2012 (Louisville, KY) Data made available by Catholic Charities of Louisville • Member Agency of the Kentucky Rescue and Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Coalition • January 2013 www.rescueandrestoreky.org JANUARY 2013 FACT SHEET The KY Rescue & Restore Coalition was created in 2008 to: ◊ Develop a statewide anti-human trafficking coalition in Kentucky ◊ Increase identification of human trafficking victims through awareness and training ◊ Provide direct services to survivors of human trafficking throughout Kentucky For more information or to donate to victim services, visit our website: www.rescueandrestoreky.org • 101 victims of human trafficking have been identified in Kentucky. Of these 101 victims, 44 were trafficked as children. • 151 victims (some from other states or trafficked in other countries) have received services (housing, advocacy, medical care, interpretation services, food, therapy services , etc) through KY Rescue & Restore Coalition agency partners • More than 19,000 individuals in Kentucky have been educated about human trafficking CASE DEMOGRAPHIC INFO Sex Trafficking 59% Labor Trafficking 39% Both Labor and Sex 2% Child Victims 44% Adult Victims 57% Foreign Nationals 50.5% Domestic Victims 49.5% Male Victims 17% Female Victims 84% There have been 16 State and 2 Federal charges/ indictments in Kentucky on human trafficking. There have been 1 State and 2 Federal convictions on human trafficking crimes, all related to sex trafficking. Several state cases are ongoing. At least 3 additional human trafficking cases have been charged/convicted on charges other than human trafficking. Human Trafficking Task Forces ♦ Lexington ♦ PATH ♦ Louisville Metro ♦ Morehead ♦ Bardstown ♦ Lake (Northern KY) Cumberland
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