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Survivors call attention to tattoos used in sex trafficking

Feb 5, 2019 | Awareness, News, Survivors, Wisconsin

Sex trafficking survivors and advocates are working across Wisconsin to help communities recognize signs of exploitation, such as tattoos used to brand victims. Nancy Yarbrough is a survivor who started Milwaukee nonprofit Fresh Start Learning, Inc. to provide resources to women and children who are victims of sex trafficking. Yarbrough told Wisconsin Public Radio that tattoos are commonly used in the sex trade to show that a person belongs to a specific trafficker.

How to spot sex trafficking-even in Carlton County

Jan 29, 2019 | Awareness, Wisconsin

Sex trafficking is a market-driven criminal industry based on supply and demand, according to the National Sex Trafficking Hotline. In other words, as long as people are willing to purchase other people for sex, there will be incentive to continue trafficking…It is common for them to target victims on social media. Young people may pour out their heartaches and problems online, creating an easy target for a trafficker.

Prison time for Sparta man on child porn, other charges

Jan 16, 2019 | News, Perpetrators, Wisconsin

A Sparta, WI. man gets 20 years in prison for several counts including Possession of Child Pornography, Trafficking a Child, Child Sexual Exploitation, and Soliciting a Child for Prostitution.

Medical professionals train to join the fight against human sex trafficking

Dec 12, 2018 | Awareness, News, Wisconsin

Fierce Freedom says human sex trafficking is a global problem that affects million people and accounts for cases in all 72 Wisconsin counties.

WAUSHARA COUNTY ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMMITTEE RECEIVES ACTION GRANT FROM THRIVENT FOR BOOKS

Dec 6, 2018 | Awareness, News, Wisconsin

Forced into a life they never chose, manipulated, abused, and tortured at the hands of the pimps who control them, our country’s children are sold on the streets, on the internet and at truck stops across America every night.

Unseen to the general public, sex trafficking is an issue in Wisconsin

Oct 24, 2018 | Awareness, News, Wisconsin

It’s common to conceive of slavery as a thing of the past, but the practice is still affecting millions worldwide. Experts consider human trafficking to be a modern version of slavery, where individuals, especially women and children, are exploited for labor and commercial sex.

Using Wisconsin roadways to crack down on human trafficking

Oct 2, 2018 | News, Wisconsin

State officials say human trafficking is a huge problem and cases have been reported in every Wisconsin county. The Department of Justice is teaming up with the Wisconsin State Patrol, focusing on roadways as a new strategy to crack down.

Jury finds Door County man guilty of attempted child sexual assault

Sep 26, 2018 | News, Perpetrators, Wisconsin

A Sturgeon Bay man has been found guilty of attempting to entice a child for sex after he exchanged explicit sexual text messages with an investigator from the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

Nichols woman gets 7 years for giving teens meth, forcing man into prostitution

Sep 14, 2018 | News, Perpetrators, Wisconsin

A 28-year-old woman accused of forcing a man into prostitution and giving methamphetamine to juvenile runaways was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison

Green Bay man sentenced for role in heroin overdose death and sex trafficking

Aug 9, 2018 | News, Perpetrators, Wisconsin

GREEN BAY – A 37-year-old Green Bay man has been sentenced to prison for selling heroin and enticing women to engage in prostitution.

Milwaukee stabbing victim involved in sex trafficking, community leader says

Jul 12, 2018 | Awareness, News, Wisconsin

Bianca Williams says she knew the 28-year-old victim of a stabbing at the intersection of 30th and Lisbon on Tuesday night because she tried to get her out of the sex trade.