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'via Blog this'Friday is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day — and that’s not just another ceremonial designation. It’s a potentially lifesaving opportunity, because educating the public about this crime is a vital part of combatting it.
One of the biggest reasons the crime is so tough to root out is that its victims — whether of sex or labor trafficking — are emotionally and economically dependent upon their abusers and therefore fearful of going to authorities.
Because of the realities of modern-day prostitution, my office, working closely with advocates and law enforcement partners, is taking a new approach to sex trafficking. Namely, where appropriate, we are treating the prostituted individuals in these trafficking rings as victims, not criminals. We work to put the traffickers behind bars and their victims onto paths toward safer lives.
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