This past Spring New Hampshire passed the safe-harbor law which protects underage minors from prosecution for such crimes as prostitution if the come forward to help. Several citizens feel like this is a great first step to fighting against human trafficking especially right here in the United States.
Human trafficking is something that has been in the news as of late with the kidnapping of nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls last month that came with a promise from a terrorist leader that the girls would be in fact sold into sex slavery. This has captured the attention of the public and shed some light on the ever-growing problem of human trafficking.
Another recent case that of Jasmine Marino, who was only 19, fell into victim when she fell in love with a man whom she thought was her boyfriend. Instead she instantly fell into a sex trafficking network that cause her to be trafficked through much of the New England states. She said that she was afraid to come forward for fear of getting in trouble herself. Laws like the safe-harbor law are going to be key in helping victims like Jasmine come forward without the fear of jail time.
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