/tags/sex-trafficking sex trafficking en-US Copyright Wed, 19 May 2021 14:39:42 GMT /ohio-news/2021-05-19/trafficked-misinformation-mainstreamed Anti-human trafficking nonprofits and government agencies, including those in Ohio, have a problem with sharing misinformation. Wed, 19 May 2021 14:39:42 GMT /ohio-news/2021-05-19/trafficked-misinformation-mainstreamed Leila Goldstein /ohio-news/2021-04-16/central-ohio-sex-trafficking-sting-leads-to-93-arrests A two-day human trafficking sting resulted in nearly 100 arrests around Central Ohio. Operation 614 comes on the heels of a new state law penalizing johns. Fri, 16 Apr 2021 17:28:37 GMT /ohio-news/2021-04-16/central-ohio-sex-trafficking-sting-leads-to-93-arrests /law/2020-12-07/judge-russells-change-court-transforming-lives Judge Heather Stein Russell gets to see women transform from the first day they enter her courtroom to the day they graduate. Russell oversees a program… Mon, 07 Dec 2020 15:11:40 GMT /law/2020-12-07/judge-russells-change-court-transforming-lives Michael Monks /local-news/2019-10-15/the-fight-against-juvenile-sex-trafficking-comes-to-cincinnati Eleven-hundred police, prosecutors, community activists and survivors are in Cincinnati for a sold-out conference Oct. 15-17 on juvenile sex trafficking.… Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2019-10-15/the-fight-against-juvenile-sex-trafficking-comes-to-cincinnati Ann Thompson /ohio-news/2019-10-07/a-pioneering-ohio-courtroom-helps-trafficking-victims-find-hope Ten years ago, a judge in Columbus developed a special docket that would direct women forced into sex work toward rehabilitation instead of the criminal justice system. Now it's a nationwide model. Mon, 07 Oct 2019 16:16:40 GMT /ohio-news/2019-10-07/a-pioneering-ohio-courtroom-helps-trafficking-victims-find-hope Paige Pfleger /politics/2018-06-12/beshear-seeks-legislative-support-in-sex-trafficking-training-for-truck-drivers Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear said he will back legislation that requires commercial truck drivers to undergo training to help spot and report... Tue, 12 Jun 2018 20:12:53 GMT /politics/2018-06-12/beshear-seeks-legislative-support-in-sex-trafficking-training-for-truck-drivers Taylor Inman /crime/2018-05-17/hamilton-county-courts-change-for-those-caught-in-sex-trafficking-cases Over the last several years there has been a shift in how law enforcement and social service agencies view those involved in prostitution – a shift from… Thu, 17 May 2018 08:00:00 GMT /crime/2018-05-17/hamilton-county-courts-change-for-those-caught-in-sex-trafficking-cases Dan Hurley /crime/2017-09-13/new-push-to-stop-online-child-trafficking Suspected child sex trafficking has increased 846 percent from 2010 to 2015 according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. This… Wed, 13 Sep 2017 08:00:05 GMT /crime/2017-09-13/new-push-to-stop-online-child-trafficking /community/2016-02-16/child-sex-trafficking-in-our-area-and-what-is-being-done-to-help-the-victims Many think of child sex trafficking as a problem in some foreign countries, but it also exists here. Ohio is ranked among the worst for child sex… Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:30:00 GMT /community/2016-02-16/child-sex-trafficking-in-our-area-and-what-is-being-done-to-help-the-victims /community/2016-02-09/the-efforts-to-reduce-sex-trafficking-in-cincinnati Last April, 42 people were arrested in a three-week blitz against prostitution along the McMicken Avenue corridor. Sex trafficking continues to be a… Tue, 09 Feb 2016 11:30:05 GMT /community/2016-02-09/the-efforts-to-reduce-sex-trafficking-in-cincinnati