District of Columbia: Justice Department says that more than eighty percent of suspected human trafficking incidents between January 2008 and June 2010 involved prostitution or sexual exploitation of children. The Justice Department also reports that 48 percent of the investigated incidents involved adults while 40 percent of them involved children.
Colorado: Hidden camera investigation shows that prostitution is thriving in Colorado Spring. The investigator went into four massage spas with a hidden camera, and all of them offered sex for money. While neighbors say that prostitution at spas are no surprise, law enforcement has not done enough to crack down on prostitution at massage parlors.
Washington: A man pimping a teen girl out of a downtown Seattle hotel was sentenced 20 years in prison. He was the first defendant who was convicted under the new legislation with stiffer penalties. He was arrested during the sting after an undercover cop set up a date at a local hotel on Backpage.com. Police also recovered the photos of the teen and the other woman in lingerie during the investigation.
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Australia: Child protection agency scrutinized for its failure. The criticism came after the protection worker had no idea that the recommendation was made for the protection order to be lifted, the girl was being prostituted by her mother and her mother's boyfriend for a year. One opposition leader also criticized the current system not allowing the protection worker to talk to the child alone
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