Originally posted on BoomerMindset.com
Well, it’s been awhile, hasn’t it? Let’s get right to it.
As an Ohioan, I can safely say that human trafficking is a real and persistent issue. I assert my claim with this phrasing because within the past few months, I went into Casey’s (a gas station found across the Midwest and Rust Belt) to use the bathroom. Near the urinals, on the inside of the open stall door, I saw a sticker with big letters:
“NEED RESCUED?”
Under that, a phone number to call if you needed help. Underneath the hotline number, the the dangers and reality of sex trafficking were detailed. The startling truth is, across Ohio, in 2023 alone:
- A man convicted in a child sex trafficking operation was sentenced to 40 years in prison…
- Another man was also sentenced to 40 years in prison for trafficking a juvenile…
- In Cincinnati, a man was arrested and federally charged with exploiting teen girls and sex trafficking…
- A man in Cleveland was sentenced to 3 years in prison for engaging in the kidnapping of a human trafficking victim…
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