Human Trafficking in Washington: From the Historic Mercer Maids to Sexual Exploitation in Internet Ads

This conversation, led by State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles, offers historical, cultural, socioeconomic and public-policy perspectives on human trafficking. We will explore complex questions related to the ethics and policy around this issue, past and present. We will face misconceptions about human trafficking, confronting the fact that human trafficking is a billion-dollar, global industry. We'll focus primarily on sex trafficking and how and why it happens here. Historical accounts, film and current… Show more events will be used to provide context. Finally, we will examine what is being done to intervene and prevent human trafficking, including new laws, innovative law enforcement approaches and actions being taken by human-rights groups.

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