Human trafficking has become the Elephant in the room when it comes to the main media. Sure every once in a while the media will report on it. In 2018, a quarter of the 198 reported cases of sex trafficking in Kentucky were in Louisville, based on a report from the state’s Department of Community Based Services.
Louisville is a hub for sex trafficking, its location and crisscrossing interstates making it easy to move a victim across state lines, which complicates prosecutions. Jefferson County consistently has the highest number of trafficking cases in the state.
Here we have seven people arrested in human trafficking sting in Louisville, Ky.
Where trafficking is found human trafficking is a global issue that is fueled by a strong demand, and can be found almost anywhere. Sex trafficking more often involves women and girls, however boys and men often are exploited as well. Victims of sex trafficking might find themselves being forced to act in porn films, be prostitutes, work for a pimp, work in an exotic strip club, or be a personal sex slave. Forced labor can be found in private homes in the form of domestic servants, as well as in restaurants, on farms, in massage parlors, etc. Child soldiers and organ trafficking victims are found outside the United States in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burma, Syria, and Sudan, among others.
In Kentucky In Kentucky, sex trafficking is very much existent. The Kentucky Derby is a major event for the sex industry. It creates such a large demand for escorts and prostitutes that some pimps were begging for more women and girls to be brought in for the 2013 Derby. Pimps and traffickers often advertise women and girls on websites such as Craigslist and Back-page.
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