Issue Position: Public Safety

Issue Position

Fighting Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery. It is the second largest criminal enterprises in the world; only drug trafficking is larger. Within the United States, 100,000 children are trafficked each year. Richmond is an attractive place for traffickers to do business since interstates 64, 95 and 295 all intersect here. Jennifer's efforts to combat human trafficking include

Sponsoring legislation to provide safe harbor laws for minors being charged with prostitution who in actuality are victims of the force, coercion and fraud of human trafficking,
Co-sponsoring legislation that requires that any employer who operates a truck stop and fails to post a notice, in the same location where other employee notices required by state or federal law are posted, of the existence of a human trafficking hotline is subject to a civil penalty of $100,
Co-sponsoring legislation that required the Department of Social service to develop a plan for the provision of services to victims of human trafficking, and
Co-sponsoring legislation to designate January 11th as Global Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Virginia.

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