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Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost leads the proactive fight against human trafficking with training and a summit.
Jonathan Neff indicted on multiple rape charges after a Southeastern Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force investigation.
Ohio’s leading voices in the fight against human trafficking are calling for continued education, vigilance and action to ...
A Woodsfield man is behind bars after being arrested on nine counts of rape involving a minor, according to the Noble County ...
The TPD said its Human Exploitation and Trafficking unit got involved on Saturday, July 26. While the victims went missing on ...
A Monroe County man accused of raping a child is facing nine felony charges following an investigation by the Southeastern Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force. A Noble County grand jury indicted ...
Ohio is among the top states in the country for reports of human trafficking. The most recent data show nearly 600 victims were identified by various state agencies in 2022.
Through the partnership, Truckers Against Trafficking will distribute bumper stickers featuring the Ohio-specific human trafficking hotline: 844-END-OHHT.
National Human Trafficking Resource Center is the largest organization to track trafficking data, having done so since 2007. In Ohio in 2015, there were 1,066 calls and 289 cases reported to law ...
More than 1,030 Ohio juveniles were the victims of human trafficking between 2014 and 2016, a new study by the University of Cincinnati shows. Another 4,209 youths were at risk of being ...
In 2011, Ohio Revised Code 2905.32, Ohio’s first stand-alone human trafficking law, went into effect. Soon after, Gov. John Kasich became the first governor in the United States to establish his ...
Ohio sees high trafficking rates According to an October 2023 report from the U.S. Department of Justice, 2,027 people were referred to U.S. attorneys for human trafficking offenses in 2021 - a 49% ...