Task Force on Human Trafficking Presentation

Juneau – The federally mandated “Task Force on Human Trafficking” will make a report to Alaska legislators on Tuesday, April 24, at noon in the Butrovich Room of the State Capitol.

Scores of women and children are prostituted in Alaska every day. The Task Force has been working on this horrendous problem for nearly two years and will be making a report to Alaska legislators and others interested in attending.

The Task Force, consisting of FBI, troopers, local police officers, child protection workers and social service providers, will detail the magnitude of the problem, what is being done to apprehend those who promote prostitution, and what we can do to help stamp out this ugly exploitation of children and women in the state. The Task Force will show video footage and plans to have testimony of children forced into prostitution in our communities. There will be some restrictions on cameras because of the presence of undercover agents.

A Fact Sheet is attached for SB 157 below, the legislation was introduced by Sen. Fred Dyson last week to address recommendations of the Task Force.
http://www.aksenateminority.com/pdfs/25/sb0157.pdf