Dins, okay, I get that, but 88 and PSUFAN too? Shocking!

[Van]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100211/ap_ ... rafficking

Report: Hundreds forced into labor, sex in Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio – About 1,000 American-born children are forced into the sex trade in Ohio every year and about 800 immigrants are sexually exploited and pushed into sweatshop-type jobs, a new report on human trafficking in the state said Wednesday.

Ohio's weak laws on human trafficking, its growing demand for cheap labor and its proximity to the Canadian border are key contributors to the illegal activity, according to a report by the Trafficking in Persons Study Commission.

"Ohio is not only a destination place for foreign-born trafficking victims, but it's also a recruitment place," said Celia Williamson, an associate professor at the University of Toledo who led the research.

Formed last year by Ohio Attorney General Richard Condray, the commission also found that hundreds more in the state are at risk of being forced into sex trafficking or to work against their will in fields, restaurants, sweatshops or constructions sites.

Nationwide, between 45,000 and 50,000 people are trafficked into the United States, according to a 2001 report by the U.S. State Department. But Williamson noted that the problem is hard to quantify because of the underground nature of human trafficking, and studies often rely on estimates. Even the Ohio study, which analyzed law enforcement and government databases, is limited, she said.

Cordray said the report establishes the scope of the problem in Ohio as authorities discuss ways to combat it.

From 1990 to 2000, Ohio's foreign-born population increased 30 percent, and the state has a growing pool of legal and illegal immigrants who draw victims or hide victims, Williamson said. These networks are highly organized, with brothels fronting as legitimate businesses.

Also, Toronto's airport is an arrival destination for international victims who are trafficked in Canada and transported to other cities, helping make Toledo, about 55 miles southwest of Windsor, Ontario, rank fourth in the U.S. in terms of arrests, investigations and rescue of domestic child-sex victims, the report said.

Only Miami, Portland, Ore., and Las Vegas had more.

A federal investigation into a child prostitution ring in Harrisburg, Pa., exposed Toledo as a center for the trade in 2005. Nine local girls were sold as sex slaves as part of the ring, and at least 12 of the 31 people charged had ties to Toledo.

Ohio does not have a stand-alone human trafficking law. Instead, it allows prosecutors to attach a human trafficking specification to related crimes that increase prison sentences — just as penalties are more severe if a crime involves a firearm.

According to the report, 42 states with tough human trafficking laws can bring serious charges. Offenders in Delaware, Montana, New Mexico and New York may face up to 100 years in prison, for example.

The report said that besides weak state laws in Ohio, law enforcement agencies often don't recognize human trafficking when responding to reports of illegal activity. For example, Ohio is quick to label child prostitutes as delinquents and to incarcerate them, rarely looking further at the adults involved, Williamson said.

The report recommends handling child trafficking cases through the child welfare system rather than the juvenile courts.

[Mikey]

Apparently Fallbrook is still flying under the radar.

[PSUFAN]

So that's why Gov. Rendell shut the interstates down today...

[PSUFAN]

As for recruiting - we have to catch up to the SEC somehow...

[Trampis]

Must be a lot of Baptists in Ohio.

[Cuda]

Diego must be googling "Apartments for Rent, Ohio" right about now

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Look at that. Turns out Cuda does like dated smack...as long as it's not directed towards him.

[PSUFAN]

Cuda tried to date Biggie's scrote, but his advances were repelled.

[Cuda]

See what I meant about knowing funny, Mgo?

Your take was one of your typical turds

R-Jack brought the funny.

[PSUFAN]

Mgo not knowing the funny is a tough sell around here, Cuddles. There is much evidence to the contrary.

Now go wytch some more poop onto my ass. Zoom in close and go pixel by pixel - that's your knowledge of the funny.

[Cuda]

Mgo not knowing the funny is a tough sell around here, Cuddles. There is much evidence to the contrary.

Says who, The Deciders? (a classically unfunny troll that could only be you &/or mgo)

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

I'm starting to notice a trend here. If you've smacked Cuda, you're unfunny, or "classically unfunny." If you haven't, you're freaking hilarious. Funny how the internets work like that.

[PSUFAN]

Pfizer should give Cuddles a call. He is the leakiest vadge ever - they might be able to help frigid old hags drip with fish stock after studying him.

[Cuda]

I'm starting to notice a trend here. If you've smacked Cuda, you're unfunny, or "classically unfunny." If you haven't, you're freaking hilarious. Funny how the internets work like that.

I didn't say R-Jack was hilarious, I said he made a funny. I guess I made a mistake in saying you were classically unfunny. I should have said painfully unfunny.

And since you brought up the rest-stop ass-blowing, CtrlR-Jack, I'll only point out that SmackDawgTrollClone posted a very similar story- only better, and before you did.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

I didn't say R-Jack was hilarious, I said he made a funny.

Oh.

Well, thanks for the very serious clarification. I'm sure everyone will cease racking R-Jack because he can't cut the Cuda mustard.

[PSUFAN]

(r,l: Cuddles, broken Ctrl button)

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

a-HA! Busted! I saw Moorese break off that same post 7 years ago to this day.

-Cuddles