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Award Recipient. Other Information. Criminal Defense Articles. If you were recently cited for solicitation of prostitution or loitering for purposes of prostitution, be prepared for a tough prosecutor who may believe she or he is combating human trafficking by ensuring your case is handled with a heavy hand.
Why is this happening? In , the U. Department of Labor estimated that 21 million people worldwide are victims of human trafficking. Such operations generate hundreds of billions of dollars in profits by trapping not only women and children, but men as well, in forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation. Human traffickers use deception, threats, violence and even force to continue their operations, as there is a strong profit motive. There are many documentaries that personalize the problem, telling the horrific stories of those who have escaped such modern-day slavery.
Yet many of the children involved in human trafficking are U. Compton Courthouse. By some estimates, up to , Americans under the age of 18 are lured into the commercial sex trade each year and this number continues to rise.
