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Category Archives: Sex Trafficking

Minnesota’s Sex Trafficking Problem and Charges: What You Should Know

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Trafficking

The words “sex trafficking” conjure up images of professional criminal enterprises run by organized crime, gangsters and other hardened criminals. However, this isn’t always the case.

In fact, many seemingly ordinary people are charged with sex trafficking. For example, a St. Cloud couple was recently charged with sex trafficking and promotion of prostitution.

The couple ran a massage parlor, which was reported to the Central Minnesota Human Trafficking Task Force for suspected sex trafficking. Detectives found the

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Minnesota’s Human Trafficking Problem and What’s Being Done

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Trafficking

Human trafficking is the second-largest (and fastest growing) criminal industry in the world. Often referred to as modern-day-slavery, human trafficking involves the sale of adults and children for commercial sexual servitude or forced labor.

It is a threat to public safety, public health, and human rights, and occurs around the world, including in communities throughout Minnesota. In fact, Minnesota is the third biggest state for human trafficking in the nation.

In order to address this urgent problem, Minnesota

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Four In Minnesota Charged In International “Uber of Sex Trafficking”

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Trafficking

One of the most “sophisticated human trafficking operations” in the country has been shut down after four were charged in St. Paul for their roles in an international sex trafficking and prostitution ring.

The enterprise took women from China and Korea to areas throughout the country to be sold as prostitutes. The prostitutes had to work 12-14 hours a day, were raped, beaten, and lost their freedoms. Many lost their passports, and earned little money after having to pay

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Who Is affected by Prostitution Laws in Minnesota?

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Prostitution | Sex Trafficking | Solicitation

Sex trafficking is a serious crime, with the possibility of several different parties being involved.

In many prostitution cases, the legal line between “victim” and “criminal” is blurry. Some prostitutes claim the job is a choice, some have been forced into the world of sex trafficking, and some are too young to know the difference.

So who is criminalized in Minnesota? Who will be affected when a sex trafficking ring is busted?

Prostitutes. It’s estimated that between

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