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Fighting the sex trade in Queens and statewide

By José Peralta

 
Posted by José Peralta [1] on Friday, February 17th, 2012

Queens Chronicle reports

By Jose Peralta

There are some 27 million slaves in the world today, more than at any other time in human history. Most are trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation and 80 percent are female. About half of the world’s trafficking victims are under the age of 18.

While New York State’s sex trafficking laws are among the most comprehensive in the nation, promoting prostitution in the first degree, compelling prostitution and sex trafficking are all classified here as non-violent felonies.

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Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 12:00
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