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HB 229 would allow AG to directly prosecute human trafficking Attorney General Beshear supports legislation to strengthen Kentucky's fight against human trafficking By Terry Sebastian News from Attorney General Andy Beshear's office FRANKFORT, KY. (Wed 20 Jan 2016) - Attorney General Andy Beshear is asking lawmakers to strengthen Kentucky's fight against modern day slavery by giving his office the ability to prosecute human trafficking cases across the Commonwealth. While Kentucky has some of the nation's strongest human trafficking laws to protect trafficked children and to investigate and prosecute labor and sex traffickers, Beshear said only about 10 percent of child trafficking cases reported to the state have resulted in criminal investigations. Beshear came before the House Judiciary Committee today on House Bill 229, sponsored by Rep. Sannie Overly, Paris, which would amend Kentucky law to grant the AG's office the ability to prosecute cases of human trafficking. The committee unanimously passed the bill to the House chamber. "In this bill, we are simply asking that lawmakers empower this office to assist in investigating and prosecuting human trafficking," Beshear said. "I want to help put me and my office to work in better protecting Kentucky's children." Since the Human Trafficking Victims Rights Act passed in 2013, Beshear said Kentucky has seen reports of child trafficking to the state increase by almost 50 percent each year - from 51 victims identified in 2013 to 125 victims identified 2015. "Across Kentucky, there are still more cases of labor trafficking, in restaurants and farms and sex trafficking of adults online and in massage parlors that have not been successfully investigated and prosecuted," Beshear said. "The reality is, we simply do not have enough specially trained officers and prosecutors statewide to attack these complex cases." House Bill 229 has the support of advocacy groups who work on human trafficking, he said. Representatives of these groups attended today's legislative hearing. Beshear said other states, such as Indiana, have found partnering with its Attorney General to be an effective strategy in combating human trafficking. The Indiana Attorney General has concurrent jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute human trafficking, and Indiana has seen a dramatic increase in the number of prosecutions as a result, he said. This story was posted on 2016-01-20 17:12:46
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