By Jessica Pupovac, KQED News Fix
Across the country, newly formed task forces made up of local, state and federal law enforcement officers are starting to view what was once seen as run-of-the-mill prostitution as possible instances of sex trafficking.
With support and funding from the FBI and the Justice Department, agencies are starting to work together to identify and rescue sex trafficking victims and arrest their pimps.
The new approach is being hailed by victims of trafficking and their advocates as a much-needed paradigm shift — and, the FBI says, is reaping results.
Read the complete story at KQED News Fix.
For more on the issue of human trafficking, read the 2012 special report by the S.F. Public Press, ” ‘Force, Fraud and Coercion’ “: Human Trafficking in the Bay Area.”
