Sentences with phrase «child victims of sex trafficking»

Senator Charles Schumer wants you to know that a new provision added to his bill reauthorizing the Adam Walsh Act would allow child victims of sex trafficking or exploitation more time to sue their abusers.

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JFCI's director of aftercare, Dr. Gundelina Velazco describes children who are trafficked into the sex trade as «frail victim [s] of one of the worst human atrocities one could ever imagine.

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«This Bill not only provides support for victims, as evidenced by the creation of independent guardians for trafficked children and the statutory duty it places on the Department of Health to provide much needed assistance to women wishing to leave prostitution, it also tackles one of the root causes of trafficking, namely paying for sex.

[31] It is a bill that would address federal adoption incentives and would amend the Social Security Act (SSA) to require the state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to demonstrate that the state agency has developed policies and procedures for identifying, documenting in agency records, and determining appropriate services with respect to, any child or youth over whom the state agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision who the state has reasonable cause to believe is, or is at risk of being, a victim of sex trafficking or a severe form of trafficking in persons.

The plan left out some long - sought measures advocates had pushed for, including ethics laws and new spending oversight, an extension of the statute of limitations for child sex - abuse victims and more traffic - safety cameras.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer has added a provision to his Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2016 that would extend the statute of limitations in federal civil cases for victims of sexual abuse, sex trafficking and other crimes related to child pornography.

(WBEN) Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a multi-prong effort to further protect children from sex trafficking, including legislation to strengthen prosecutors» ability to seek justice on behalf of child sex trafficking victims.

In letters to the tech companies Consumer Watchdog's Simpson wrote: «We call on you to support a narrow amendment to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act — H.R. 1865, the «Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act» could be the vehicle — that would allow Backpage to be held accountable for its ongoing facilitating of child sex trafficking.&raqSex Trafficking Act» could be the vehicle — that would allow Backpage to be held accountable for its ongoing facilitating of child sex traffickTrafficking Act» could be the vehicle — that would allow Backpage to be held accountable for its ongoing facilitating of child sex trafficking.&raqsex traffickingtrafficking.»

In addition, the bill requires certain data collection and reporting by States regarding sex trafficking, including the identification of children who may be at high - risk of becoming sex trafficking victims, particularly current and former foster children.

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Little rigorous research has focused on the correlation between child welfare experience and sex trafficking, yet estimates have been cited that the majority of victims of child sex trafficking have experienced the child welfare system.