(Sioux
Falls, S.D) – Washington D.C based
Polaris Project says South Dakota lacks in efforts to combat human trafficking.
These include “a lack in safe harbor laws for underage victims doesn’t require
training on human trafficking for law officers, doesn’t seize assets obtained
through trafficking, hasn’t lowered its burden of proof for sex crimes
involving juveniles, and doesn’t allow sex trafficking victims to easily purge
prostitution convictions from their record.” The Governor and Attorney General
of the state, Dennis Daugaard and Marty Jackley respectively, see this is an
opportunity for the state to improve.
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