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A Number Of Police Have Been Arrested For Human Trafficking — Could They Be A Part Of The Missing Girls In DC?
03/24/2017 07:56 pm ET


The increased media coverage of the black and latinx girls missing in DC has started a national discussion on whether the cause is human trafficking. Black lawmakers are now calling for the FBI to investigate. In part, social media has been vital in exposing the cases of many of these missing girls. Although many assume these missing cases have been attributed to human trafficking, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Acting Chief of Police Newsham have stated that there’s no connection between the cases and human trafficking. There are a total of 38 missing persons cases open in D.C. right now.

Is human trafficking a far fetched notion to rationalize the disappearance? It isn’t, and shouldn’t be ruled out in this situation. Many people are wondering how these young girls are being so easily lured. Traffickers sometimes call themselves ‘pimps’, and they’re very good at what they do. Most commonly they prey on runways, girls with low self esteem or with problems at home. Mainly, runways and young people are the ones who are commonly trafficked. Is human trafficking new to D.C.? Not at all, in 2015 the D.C. City council enacted a law that requires “training on human trafficking to new law enforcement officers, social workers, and case workers” . This came after a D.C. police officer was sentenced to 7 years for pimping teen girls.



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