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As of June 2022, Ohio ranks fifth in the nation for total trafficking cases, according to the National Human Trafficking Hotline with Columbus ranked ninth, as one of the worst cities in the nation.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is pictured. On Oct. 3, 2023, he announced the arrests of 160 people in a statewide human trafficking bust that took place September 25-30, 2023,
Human trafficking in Ohio is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, and forced labor as it occurs in the state of Ohio, and it is widely recognized as a modern-day form of slavery. It includes "the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons by means ...
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on the House floor Tuesday said the bill “would allow victims of human trafficking or sex offenses to seek civil remedies regardless of when the crime took place.”
Human trafficking is a form of slavery, involving the illegal smuggling and trading of people for forced labor or sexual exploitation. Trafficking is officially defined as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by means of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, or abuse of power from a position of ...
Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on October 28, 2000. The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) is a federal statute passed into law in 2000 by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Clinton. The law was later reauthorized by presidents Bush, Obama, and Trump. In addition to its applicability to US ...
Three Stark County men were among 160 people arrested statewide as part of a weeklong human trafficking crackdown, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said Monday. The effort, "Operation Buyer’s ...
Signed into law by President Barack Obama on May 29, 2015. The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 ( S. 178, Pub. L. 114–22 (text) (PDF)) is an Act of Congress introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2015, and signed into law by United States President Barack Obama on May 29, 2015. [1] It is also known as the JVTA.