Ep. 7 - Sex Trafficking Extreme!

Frown Town

English - September 29, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings
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This week on Frown Town, Vee and J read the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 where they discover that children are anyone under 24 and that $28.5M of money ear marked for the ACA is going to law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and courts salaries. Don't worry, we have sources!

Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/178

Referenced Links:

Average age of sex workers:

https://abolitionistmom.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Complete_CSEC_0estes-weiner.pdf

Prostitution and Human Trafficking in Nine Countries:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254381847_Prostitution_and_Trafficking_in_Nine_Countries

In Thailand, sex workers are detained and forced to undergo occupational retraining:

https://www.nswp.org/sites/nswp.org/files/Hit%20and%20Run%20%20RATSW%20Eng%20online.pdf

VIctims of Sex Trafficking Act of 2000

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-106publ386/pdf/PLAW-106publ386.pdf

John Oliver's Take on Civil Forfeiture:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kEpZWGgJks

Special thank you to FCON for loaning us their song Liquid Fury for our intro! Their bandcamp: https://fcon206.bandcamp.com/track/fcon.