By Erie County Times |
Jan 5, 2024
January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month, and while the media often focuses on sex trafficking on private islands, the harsh reality is that human trafficking is happening right in our own neighborhoods. According to the Department of Homeland Security, human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud, or coercion to exploit victims for labor or sexual acts. The statistics and horrors surrounding human trafficking are sobering, but they are meaningless unless we take serious action.In Pennsylvania alone, there have been 1,096 human trafficking offenses charged in...