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Over $1.4 Million Offered in Housing Program Grant for Domestic Abuse Victims with HIV/AIDS
A new federal grant program will offer over $1.4 million to create housing programs for low income women living with HIV or AIDS, who are also victims of domestic abuse, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the program in a March 11 press release. The…
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New Licensing Regulations Help Cities Fight Sex Trafficking
New licensing regulations are helping cities in the Metro fight sex trafficking in massage parlors. Minneapolis passed a regulation that resulted in the closing of 12 unlicensed businesses, The Star Tribune reports. Three of those parlors were cited for illegal activity. Saint Paul, Woodbury, and Apple Valley have passed similar regulations. City officials in Eden…
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Over 1.6 Million Social Media Users Help Arrest Alleged Child Sex Predator
An alleged child sex predator was arrested recently in Raleigh, North Carolina with the help of a public tip and social media users, according to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) press release. William Akers is accused of possessing child pornography, as well as abusing an eight year old girl on video. ICE used…
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Safe Harbor Bill Advancing in Legislature
A bill based on Minnesota’s Safe Harbor law was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 26. It’s is sponsored by Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota, and it includes provisions to fully back the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline. The Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking (SETT) Act of 2015, or S. 166, would…