Human Trafficking Victims Rights Act

HUMAN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS RIGHTS ACT
to protect sexually-exploited children and others
Support HB 3 to Protect Kentucky’s Child Victims
Sponsored by Rep. Sannie Overly. Co-sponsored by Rep. Addia Wuchner
1.Create a “Safe Harbor” to Protect Child Victims
•“Safe Harbor” laws ensure that sexually-exploited children are treated as victims, not criminals.
•Child victims will receive services through the Cabinet for Health and
Family Services, rather than being committed to the Department for
Juvenile Justice.
•Child victims of human trafficking shall not be charged with prostitution or
“status offenses” (like “truancy”) related to their victimization.
•Clarify that Child Sex Trafficking cases shall be investigated by Child
Sexual Abuse Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs). 2.Target the Ill-Gotten Gains of Human Traffickers
•Create a Human Trafficking Victims Fund from fines and asset forfeiture/
seizure provisions to fund programs that serve victims of human trafficking.
•Allow victims of forced labor or services to sue their traffickers for unpaid
wages and receive punitive damages.
3.Provide Law Enforcement Effective Tools to
Combat Human Trafficking
•Attach asset seizure and forfeiture provisions to human trafficking
statutes to provide additional funding for law enforcement agencies
and prosecutors.
•Provide training for new law enforcement agents on human trafficking,
including trafficking of minors.
•Designate a specialized unit within Kentucky State Police to provide
support on human trafficking investigations statewide.
Protect Kentucky
children who are victims
of sex trafficking!
• Up to 300,000 US citizen
children are at risk of
being trafficked in the
US each year, with 12-14
being the average age of
entry into prostitution.
Source: Shared Hope
International
• Child victims of human
trafficking are more likely
to be arrested than are the
child sex traffickers or
client sex offenders.
Source: U.S. Department
of Justice
• In Kentucky, 151 victims
of human trafficking have
been served by the Rescue
& Restore campaign. 44%
of those were trafficked as
children.
Source: Rescue & Restore
Coalition
Kentucky
Legislative
Message Line:
800-372-7181
For more information, contact:
Kentucky Association of Sexual Assault Programs (KASAP)
502-226-2704
munderwood@kasap.org
www.kasap.org
KASAP
Child Trafficking in Kentucky
COMMERCIAL SEX AND LABOR EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN
CHILDREN IN THE COMMONWEALTH ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN TRAFFICKED BY:
older boyfriend
stranger
Kentucky child trafficking cases have involved exploitation
for commercial sex or labor services such as:
Kidnapping and Sexual Bondage
Domestic Servitude • Prostitution • Stripping
Hotel Housekeeping • Pornography
Servile, Dowry Marriage • Debt Bondage
Being Sold into Sexual Slavery
strip club manager
parent
Other relative
babysitter
LEGAL GUARDIAN
acquaintance
AGE OF VICTIM WHEN HUMAN TRAFFICKING IDENTIFIED
Case
Demographics
modeling agent
Sex Trafficking 86%
Labor Trafficking 9%
Both 5%
Boys 4%
Girls 96%
Foreign Nationals 27%
Domestic
73%
truck driver
Exact Age Unknown
Age 0-5
Age 6-10
Older female
Exact Age
Unknown
5%
TRUE STORY
Sex Traffcking
Age 11-14
Age 15-17
Age 18-50
Age 0-5
0%
Age 6-10
2%
Age 11-14
18%
Age 18-50
39%
Source: KY Rescue & Restore Program Data
January 2013
Age 15-17
36%
Source: KY Rescue & Restore Program Data, January 2013
“THE biggest forum for sex trafficking of under-age girls in the
United States appears to be a Website called Backpage.com.”
- Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times, March 31, 2012
Louisville, KY
-August 2011
The backseat window
rolls down, revealing the
youthful face of a 17year-old. A 12-year-old
girl, Goodwin’s niece,
also sits in the backseat.
“Is the price still
$75?” [the undercover officer] asks the teen.
“Yes,” she replies, rolling her window back up.
“I don’t want to pay $75 for just a blowjob,” [the officer] states.
Goodwin allegedly counters, “… you get the full package for $75.”
Police say Ritter then pipes in, “Man, she don’t want
to [give you a blow job], but she will [have sex].”
A detective isolates the 17-year-old for questioning.
She says she’s been living with Ritter and Goodwin for
about a month. In that time, she says the two have
compelled her into having sex with 15 separate men
for money.
Word Cloud– www.louisville.backpage.com/FemaleEscorts
Escort Advertisements / December 28, 2012
Excerpt from “Derby Traffic” by Anne Marshall, LEO Weekly,
April 18, 2012 (Louisville, KY)
Data made available by Catholic Charities of Louisville • Member Agency of the Kentucky Rescue and Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Coalition • January 2013
www.rescueandrestoreky.org
JANUARY 2013
FACT SHEET
The KY Rescue & Restore Coalition was created in 2008 to:
◊ Develop a statewide anti-human trafficking coalition in Kentucky
◊ Increase identification of human trafficking victims through awareness and training
◊ Provide direct services to survivors of human trafficking throughout Kentucky
For more information or to donate to victim services, visit our website: www.rescueandrestoreky.org
•
101 victims of human trafficking have been identified in
Kentucky. Of these 101 victims, 44 were trafficked as children.
•
151 victims (some from other states or trafficked in other
countries) have received services (housing, advocacy,
medical care, interpretation services, food, therapy services , etc) through KY Rescue & Restore Coalition
agency partners
•
More than 19,000 individuals in Kentucky have been
educated about human trafficking
CASE DEMOGRAPHIC INFO
Sex Trafficking
59%
Labor Trafficking
39%
Both Labor and Sex
2%
Child Victims
44%
Adult Victims
57%
Foreign Nationals
50.5%
Domestic Victims
49.5%
Male Victims
17%
Female Victims
84%
There have been 16 State and 2 Federal charges/
indictments in Kentucky on human trafficking. There
have been 1 State and 2 Federal convictions on human trafficking crimes, all related to sex trafficking.
Several state cases are ongoing. At least 3 additional
human trafficking cases have been charged/convicted
on charges other than human trafficking.
Human Trafficking Task Forces
♦
Lexington
♦ PATH
♦
Louisville Metro ♦ Morehead
♦
Bardstown
♦ Lake
(Northern KY)
Cumberland