“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach
good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,..to comfort all who mourn,...to bestow
on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks
of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of His splendor.”
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OHIO: A Safe Haven for Traffickers The Ohio Attorney General’s Trafficking in Persons Study Commission reported in February 2010:
· 2,879 Ohio children are at-risk to be victimized by sex traffickers · 1,078 Ohio children are currently being trafficked in the sex trade · 3,437 foreign-born people are at-risk to be victimized by human traffickers · 783 foreign-born people are currently being trafficked in Ohio · 6,316 total people in Ohio are at-risk to be victimized by human traffickers, in either labor or sex trafficking · 1,861 total people in Ohio are currently being victimized by human traffickers, in either labor or sex trafficking · Toledo is currently number four in the nation in terms of the number of arrests, investigations, and rescue of domestic minor sex trafficking victims among U.S. cities (Northwest Ohio Innocence Lost Task Force, 2009). The top three cities are Miami, Portland, and Las Vegas. Given that Toledo and Lucas County have a much less concentrated population than these 3 cities, this area can be considered to lead the nation for the number of traffickers produced and the number of victims recruited into the sex trade per capita (based on U.S. Census, 2008 estimates). · http://www.ohioattorneygeneral/gov/TraffickingReport