Human Trafficking

As part of a joint investigation, the results of Operation Better Pathways were announced. The multi-jurisdictional operation, which concluded earlier this month, is part of a broader, regional effort to combat human trafficking and sexual exploitation through targeted enforcement, relying both on surveillance of known locations and officers working undercover.

"Human trafficking includes unjust practices including recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receiving persons through the use of force, coercion, deception, or other means for the purpose of exploiting them. This exploitation can take many forms, be it sexual exploitation, forced labor, domestic servitude, forced marriage or even extreme measures like organ removal."

The law, known as Safe Harbor, prohibits authorities from arresting and charging child victims of sex trafficking or human trafficking of certain crimes committed as a result of trafficking, such as trespassing, misdemeanor theft or prostitution.

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