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Law to fight sex trafficking enacted
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Sabrina Eaton
Plain Dealer Bureau
Washington - President Bush on Tuesday signed a law co-authored by Rep. Deborah Pryce of Columbus that provides $360 million to fight sex trafficking in the United States and abroad. It establishes $50 million in grants that police can use to target prostitution patrons for arrest.
"Our nation is determined to fight and end this modern form of slavery," Bush said as he signed the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005.
The U.S. government estimates that 18,000 to 20,000 people are trafficked into the United States as slaves each year, including teens who become prisoners to the sex trade. Many willingly leave home for jobs they believe are legitimate, only to be forced into prostitution.
With money from the bill, authorities in the United States will apprehend prostitutes' customers, commonly known as johns, in order to crack rings that bring women to the United States for prostitution. Pryce's office said money from the bill also would be used to fight trafficking of runaway and kidnapped U.S. teens who are sold for sex domestically.
The law also authorizes a pilot program to counsel sex trafficking victims in the United States, convene a yearly conference on reducing the demand for prostitution, and provide better law enforcement statistics about the scope of trafficking.
"A nation that stands for the freedom and dignity of every human being cannot tolerate the degradation and exploitation of the innocent going on on our own soil," Pryce said.
Pryce has held congressional hearings to investigate sex trafficking.
After leading a congressional-fact finding tour to Albania, Moldova, Greece and Italy, Pryce also arranged surgery in the United States for a Moldovan girl who suffered crippling spinal injuries while escaping from a Turkish prostitution ring. The girl recently returned to Moldova after her successful operation, a Pryce spokeswoman said.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Sabrina Eaton
Plain Dealer Bureau
Washington - President Bush on Tuesday signed a law co-authored by Rep. Deborah Pryce of Columbus that provides $360 million to fight sex trafficking in the United States and abroad. It establishes $50 million in grants that police can use to target prostitution patrons for arrest.
"Our nation is determined to fight and end this modern form of slavery," Bush said as he signed the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005.
The U.S. government estimates that 18,000 to 20,000 people are trafficked into the United States as slaves each year, including teens who become prisoners to the sex trade. Many willingly leave home for jobs they believe are legitimate, only to be forced into prostitution.
With money from the bill, authorities in the United States will apprehend prostitutes' customers, commonly known as johns, in order to crack rings that bring women to the United States for prostitution. Pryce's office said money from the bill also would be used to fight trafficking of runaway and kidnapped U.S. teens who are sold for sex domestically.
The law also authorizes a pilot program to counsel sex trafficking victims in the United States, convene a yearly conference on reducing the demand for prostitution, and provide better law enforcement statistics about the scope of trafficking.
"A nation that stands for the freedom and dignity of every human being cannot tolerate the degradation and exploitation of the innocent going on on our own soil," Pryce said.
Pryce has held congressional hearings to investigate sex trafficking.
After leading a congressional-fact finding tour to Albania, Moldova, Greece and Italy, Pryce also arranged surgery in the United States for a Moldovan girl who suffered crippling spinal injuries while escaping from a Turkish prostitution ring. The girl recently returned to Moldova after her successful operation, a Pryce spokeswoman said.
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Re: Law to fight sex trafficking enacted
Fri, January 13, 2006 - 9:55 AMThis is how I know I am getting old, because as good as this press release sounds, I am inclined to think that there is some nefarious intention or application of this law. Someone brighten my day please.
