Oregon: Senate passes a bill to combat human trafficking in strip clubs. The bill authorizes Oregon Liquor Control Commission to request the proof that the individuals working at strip clubs meets minimum age requirements. If the person fails to prove his or her age requirement, the OLCC can order them to stop working and cite the employer for allowing underage individuals to work at a strip club.
New York: The New York City Mayor's office releases a new PSA to raise awareness of human trafficking. It urges New Yorkers to help identify human trafficking victims. The signs include people whose passports taken away and being forced into work for a long hours at very low or no wages.
Florida: A woman says that she was forced into sex slavery for five years prior to escape. She was a teenager working at a strip club when she was recruited by a man who she thought was her admirer. Her pimp physically and mentally abused her. She was forced to turn the trick on the street in Ohio seven days a week. FBI agent in Tampa says that they rescued 43 children from sex trafficking since 2009.
West Virginia: The head of the agency overseeing 3000 hair and nail salons said that he would send out inspectors later this year to examine whether human trafficking exists in the businesses like in other states. The executive director of the state's Barber and Cosmetologists said that his agency didn't pay attention to forced labor issue until last summer when Ohio announced that major labor trafficking players could be in West Virginia.
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UAE: Shelter Centers of Human Trafficking Victims establishes 24 hours hotlines for trafficking victims. The hotline will be available in multi languages nationwide. The representative of the Shelter Centers said that the hotline staff will respond to victims' needs including immediate intervention if it deems necessary.
South Korea: Four people were indicted for trafficking seventy women from North Korea. Police said that they forced the women into prostitution in China after buying them from Chinese brokers. The 70 North Korean women were forced into prostitution and live in a small premise run by the four defendants. The four defendants also profited $28,000 from running a prostitution ring between February and November 2009.
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